Fastly has appointed Bruce Bennie as Area Vice President, Sales for Australia and New Zealand, based in Sydney.
The company said Bennie will oversee Fastly’s business across the region, focusing on growth as well as customer and partner relationships.
Bennie joins Fastly after more than 30 years in IT sales and business management across the ANZ information technology and telecommunications market, according to the company. Fastly said his experience spans the telecommunications, financial services and public sectors, and includes advisory work with private venture capital firms and publicly listed companies.
Fastly said Bennie previously held leadership roles at Juniper Networks, including Regional Vice President and General Manager for ANZ. The company also said he held roles at Infoblox and Blue Coat Systems.
“I’ve been genuinely impressed with Fastly’s innovations and the future roadmap around edge cloud innovation, AI-ready infrastructure, application security, and a focus on delivering low-latency experiences closer to end users,” Bennie said. “The ANZ business has an incredible growth opportunity, and I am committed to helping our customers and partners, both new and existing, achieve transformational results while creating outstanding experiences for their own customers and employees.”
Nicola Gerber, Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan at Fastly, said, “Bruce’s exceptional breadth of experience across enterprise technology and team leadership is a strong addition to Fastly’s business in Australia and New Zealand. His expertise in scaling businesses, creating and executing on global strategies in the region, as well as advising IT decision makers will play a pivotal role as we expand our business, deepen our partnerships, and continue to deliver transformative outcomes for organisations. I’m delighted to welcome him to the team.”
