Extreme Networks has named Oscar Rodriguez, a 20-year industry veteran, as its new president and CEO. Rodriguez replaces CFO and acting President and CEO Bob Corey, who will continue as CFO. Extreme Networks has named Oscar Rodriguez, a 20-year industry veteran, as its new president and CEO. Rodriguez replaces CFO and acting President and CEO Bob Corey, who will continue as CFO.Rodriguez will take the Ethernet switch company reins on Aug. 23. Extreme replaced President and CEO Mark Canepa with Corey last fall and laid off 10% of its workforce after coming up 18% short on its first quarter revenue targets.Slideshow: Executive Compensation: The 10 Highest-Paid Tech Chiefs of 2008Slideshow: CEO Payday: What Tech’s Top Execs Made in ’09 Rodriguez is currently CEO of Movius Interactive, a privately held developer of messaging, collaboration and mobile media products for service providers. Rodriguez was appointed Movius CEO in 2007.How Extreme did on our 10G Ethernet switch test Before joining Movius, Rodriguez was chief marketing officer for Alcatel-Lucent’s Enterprise Business Group. He also served as president and CEO of Riverstone Networks, a maker of Ethernet routers that was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 2006.Rodriguez was also president of Nortel Networks’ Enterprise Solutions division and Intelligent Internet division.”We need someone with his background and relationships to help us explore new avenues to accelerate growth for Extreme Networks,” said Gordon Stitt, Extreme chairman, in a statement.Extreme just reported fourth quarter results in-line with Wall Street expectations: revenue of $85.5 million and earnings of $6.3 million. Extreme had a 1.5% share of the $16 billion Ethernet switch market in 2009 according to Dell’Oro Group, placing it about sixth behind Cisco, HP/3Com, Brocade, Avaya and Huawei.Read more about lan and wan in Network World’s LAN & WAN section. Related content news UK Cyber Security Council CEO reflects on a year of progress Professor Simon Hepburn sits down with broadcaster ITN to discuss Council’s work around cybersecurity professional standards, careers and learning, and outreach and diversity. By Michael Hill Sep 27, 2023 3 mins Government Government Government news FIDO Alliance certifies security of edge nodes, IoT devices Certification demonstrates that products are at low risk of cyberthreats and will interoperate securely. By Michael Hill Sep 27, 2023 3 mins Certifications Internet Security Security Hardware news analysis Web app, API attacks surge as cybercriminals target financial services The financial services sector has also experienced an increase in Layer 3 and Layer 4 DDoS attacks. By Michael Hill Sep 27, 2023 6 mins Financial Services Industry Cyberattacks Application Security news Immersive Labs adds custom 'workforce exercising' for each organizational role With the new workforce exercising capability, CISOs will be able to see each role’s cybersecurity readiness, risk areas, and exercise progress. By Shweta Sharma Sep 27, 2023 3 mins Security Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe