The challenge
In 2015, Ed Meyercord stepped in as the new CEO of Extreme Networks. Facing stagnant growth and a corresponding stock price, he was tasked with setting a new vision to transform the billion-dollar global networking technology company. To bring his vision to life, he retained Acertitude’s Technology team to build a visionary leadership team.
To position the company for transformation and stay poised for growth, the team closed nine searches and is currently leading an Executive Assessment of the full leadership team by mandate from the Board, as well as a search for a Chief Technology Officer.
- Chief Financial Officer
- Global Chief Sales Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Information Officer
- Senior Vice President, Cloud Sales
- Senior Vice President, Americas Sales
- Senior Vice President, US Sales
- Head of Enterprise Engineering
- Vice President, Customer Success
The impact
Transformed the identity and culture
of the entire company with new team.
3.5x
Amount stock price has
increased since engaging
Acertitude.
Experienced unprecedented growth as
a result of strategic investments,
acquisitions, and new high-value SaaS
offerings and product solutions.
The search was a roaring success. Acertitude did a great job vetting and presenting us only with qualified candidates. They give me senior-level involvement end-to-end in the search, supporting us every step of the way. With the big firms, I’d always be handed off to a junior up-and-comer. Our performance bar is ‘stellar’ and that’s what Rick and Acertitude deliver.Ed Meyercord, Chief Executive Officer, Extreme Networks
