Pertino, a start-up based in Los Gatos, California, named Bharath Rangarajan as vice president of product and Ritch Haselden as vice president of inside sales.
Pertinno offers a cloud networking service that lets SMBs “unbox” their networks by replacing traditional VPN and network appliances with cloud-based services that can be deployed in a few clicks. Since launching public beta early last year, the company says more than 5,000 customers have created free or paid Pertino cloud networks.
Bharath Rangarajan previously served as senior director of product management at Citrix Systems, where he was responsible for the product strategy, roadmap, and adoption of Citrix’s enterprise mobility and end-user computing solution. He also held senior positions with WebEx (Cisco Systems), GemStone Systems (acquired by VMware in 2010), and Candle Corporation (acquired by IBM Corp in 2004).
Ritch Haselden previously served as vice president of sales at ResponseLINK, a leader in consumer healthcare-related services. Previously, he was vice president of sales and general manager at Rainmaker Systems, a leader in IT contract management, and the co-founder and president of GolfNow, a provider of golf course marketing services that was acquired by NBC Sports.
