Rob Montone

Experience

1. Regional Manager

   Arista Networks

   Nov 2016 — Present

   Developed the Upstate NY region from zero Arista placements to over $100 Million in switching and routing installations - including the largest Enterprise clients and most recognizable brand names in the area. Hired and led a tightly collaborating sales and marketing team to bring the Arista brand from virtually unknown into a \"household name\" amongst organizations across all industries from Buffalo to White Plains.Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client to cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms deliver the only unified operating environment in the industry based on Arista EOS® and CloudVision®. Arista has no competition when it comes to high availability, agility, automation, analytics and security - all with a Net Promotor Score of +87.Arista was founded by industry luminaries Andy Bechtolsheim, Ken Duda and David Cheriton, launched in 2008 and is led by CEO Jayshree Ullal. Its seasoned leadership team is globally recognized as respected leaders and visionaries with a rich and extensive history in networking and innovation. Arista was recognized as a leader with the top score in current offering and strategy categories in The Forrester Wave™: Open, Programmable Switches For A Businesswide SDN, Q3 2020.The company went public in June 2014, is listed with NYSE (ANET), and currently has more than cloud customers worldwide.

Education

• University of Scranton

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Skills

• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Data Center
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Customer Value Proposition
• Account Management
• Singer/Songwriter
• Global, Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Financial Planning
• Unified Communications
• Cxo
• Leadership
• Cloud Computing
• Value Propositions
• Business Development
• Executive Level Selling
• Value Proposition Development