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XipLink announces appointment of Jaco Botha, SVP of Product

 XipLink, announced that Jaco Botha, based in South Africa and Ashburn, Virginia, has joined the XipLink team as Senior Vice President of Product. Mr. Botha will have responsibility for all Product Management, Product Marketing and Alliance Partnership functions for the company moving forward. In addition, he will be a key contributor to the senior management committee that sets strategic direction for XipLink and our employees.

Jaco has been a stockholder and senior manager in the past via the 2008 acquisition of his company, Trispen Technologies, and his subsequent role as VP of Engineering at XipLink. Most recently, Jaco has gained in depth experience in LEAN product development processes, product management process establishment and managing multidisciplinary teams at startup companies. Jaco notes, “I am thrilled to be back at XipLink and look forward to immerse myself in the fast-changing networking space where everything is now moving toward software enabled devices with cloud integration”.

Jack Waters, CEO at XipLink notes, "We have worked closely with Jaco for many years and have enjoyed his excellent advice, technical understanding of complex networks and amazing work ethic. His return to XipLink in a newly defined role to execute on future directions for XipOS solutions in hybrid networks, virtualized network functions and containerized network functions is an exciting step for our employees, customers and overall ecosystem"