A10 Networks Names Song Tang Yih New Vice President of Asia Pacific Sales

A10 Networks, an application networking player, announced that Song Tang Yih has been appointed Vice President of Asia Pacific (AP) sales. Song will utilize his extensive sales and executive leadership experience to further expand A10’s global sales operations, including channel and regional divisions. He will also be responsible for developing new and existing C-level customer relationships and will report directly to Ray Smets, VP of worldwide sales, a press release said.

Song brings over 20 years of infocommunications sales and leadership knowledge to A10 Networks. Starting his career at companies including IBM and Lotus Development, he went on to serve as VP of Asia Pacific for Palo Alto Networks as well as F5 Networks, where he was a key player in growing both companies’ global sales, shareholder value and industry recognition. Most recently, Song held key management roles at Metech International Limited and Advance SCT Limited.

Said Ray Smets, VP worldwide sales of A10 Networks.“Song’s expansive industry knowledge and hands-on management experience will help us take our global sales teams to the next level. As a seasoned industry veteran, he is well suited to lead A10 sales regions within the Asia Pacific Theater, including Southeast Asia, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.”