Fortinet Inc - Company Profile
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Executives
Ken Xie
Chairman; Chief Executive Officer Executive BoardMr. Ken Xie has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the company since 2000. Prior to this, he served as the President of the company until 2013. Prior to this, Mr. Xie served as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. Previously, he also served as the Chief Executive Officer of SIS, Inc. Mr. Xie also serves as a board of director of TeleNav, Inc.
Michael Xie
Chief Technology Officer; President; Director Executive BoardMr. Michael Xie has been the President, Chief Technology Officer, and Director of the company since 2013. Prior to this, he served as the Vice President of Engineering at the company. Prior to Fortinet, he served as the Vice President of Engineering for ServGate Technologies Inc; Software Director and Architect for NetScreen; and Senior Software Engineer for Milkyway Networks Corporation.
John Whittle
Secretary; Chief Operating Officer Senior ManagementMr. John Whittle has been the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary of the company since 2024. Prior to this, he served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the company from April 2022 to January 2024. Prior to this, he served as the General Counsel from October 2006 to April 2022 and Vice President of Corporate Development from October 2010 until January 2019. Previously, Mr. Whittle worked as the Vice President and General Counsel at Ingres Corporation from March 2006 to October 2006. Earlier, he also served as the Vice President and General Counsel of Corio, Inc from 2000 to 2005.
Christiane Ohlgart
Chief Accounting Officer Senior ManagementMs. Christiane Ohlgart is the Chief Accounting Officer of the company. Prior to this, she served as the Chief Financial Officer at IGEL Technology. She also served as as SVP Finance and Treasurer at Syapse, Inc., and as VP Finance at Intermedia.net, Inc. Ms. Ms. Ohlgart worked at various roles at SAP, and the last position she held there was of Chief Financial Officer.
John Maddison
Chief Marketing Officer Senior ManagementMr. John Maddison has been the Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Products at the company since 2012. He has more than 30 years of executive management experience in the Cybersecurity and Telecommunications Industries. Previously, he held executive leadership positions at Trend Micro focused on Advanced Threat Research and Cloud Delivered Security Services.
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