Aerohive® Appoints Ingrid Burton to Board of Directors

Aerohive Networks™ (NYSE: HIVE), a leader in cloud-managed networking, today announced it has appointed Ingrid Burton, current CMO at H20.ai, to its board of directors effective immediately. Ingrid is a proven executive with over 30 years of experience building brands, creating demand, and growing businesses.

News Facts:

• Ingrid Burton joins Aerohive’s Board of Directors. Ingrid Burton currently serves as CMO at H2O.ai, the open source leader in AI and Machine Learning.
• Ingrid also served as CMO at Hortonworks, SVP of Technology and Innovation Marketing at SAP, and as CMO at both Silver Spring Networks and Plantronics.
• Ingrid spent nearly 20 years at Sun Microsystems, where she held various executive and senior management positions involved with corporate marketing and branding.
• Ingrid has also advised startups as a marketing expert, including DriveScale, Paxata and MapR.

Comments:

"I’m delighted that Ingrid is joining Aerohive’s board and will bring decades of knowledge and experience in strategy, positioning, open source, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML),” said David Flynn, chief executive officer, Aerohive Networks. "Ingrid has advised and led several growth companies as a marketing expert and has solidified her role in driving brand and marketing transformation, positioning companies for growth. We look forward to Ingrid’s contributions as we continue to seal our place as an industry leader in cloud-managed networking, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.”

"I am thrilled to join the Aerohive board," said Ms. Burton. "Aerohive has the vision to deliver the next generation of AI-driven networking in the cloud. Their continuous innovation and leadership in this space makes this a very exciting opportunity. I look forward to helping the team deliver on its mission to provide limitless network intelligence for organizations globally."

About Aerohive Networks

Aerohive uses Cloud Management, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence to radically simplify and secure the Access Network. Our Cloud-Managed Wireless, Switching, Routing, and Security technologies provide unrivalled flexibility in deployment, management, and licensing. Credited with pioneering Controller-less Wi-Fi and Cloud Management, Aerohive delivers continuous innovation at Cloud-speed that constantly challenges the industry norm, allowing customers to rethink what’s possible. Our innovations and global cloud footprint radically simplify Access Network operation for 30,000+ customers and 10+ million daily users. See how at www.aerohive.com/customers.

Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA. For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com, call us at 408-510-6100, follow us on Twitter @Aerohive, subscribe to our blog, or become a fan on our Facebook page.

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