SUNNYVALE, CA-- Jan 15, 2015 - Juniper Networks has promoted Jonathan Davidson to executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Development and Innovation. In his new role, Davidson will drive strategy, development and business growth for Juniper's routing, switching, and security businesses as well as oversee the evolution of Juniper's silicon and software. Davidson is replacing Rami Rahim, who was recently named CEO/ Davidson will report to Rahim.

"I am excited to promote Jonathan to executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Development and Innovation," said Rahim. "He is a forward-thinking industry leader with a successful track record of understanding what customers need to run high-performance networks that are reliable, scalable and secure."

Davidson joined Juniper Networks in 2010 where he was responsible for the Edge Routing and Aggregation Business product management and strategy. In Q3 2014, Davidson was appointed senior vice president and general manager for Juniper Networks Security, Switching and Solutions Business Unit, where he was responsible for the innovation, growth and product development of the company's market-leading security and switching solutions.

"I am honored to lead the Juniper Development and Innovation team, which is focused on delivering groundbreaking technologies, products, solutions and software to help our customers solve their most critical business problems," said Davidson.

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