F5 announces new leadership roles to drive heightened agility, productivity, and AI innovation

F5 announced three new leadership roles designed to drive heightened agility, productivity, and AI innovation. Tom Fountain, formerly F5’s Executive Vice President of Global Services and Chief Strategy Officer, becomes F5’s Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Fountain is responsible for driving operational velocity and advancing execution, productivity, and efficiency company wide. He will continue to oversee Global Services and lead F5’s digital transformation.

F5 also is streamlining its go-to-market functions, combining sales and marketing under former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Chad Whalen, who now takes on the role of Chief Revenue Officer. As CRO, Whalen is responsible for driving revenue growth, including continued growth across F5’s software solutions, and successfully executing F5’s land-and-expand strategy across its more than 20,000 large enterprise, service provider, and government customers globally.

Finally, F5 is reinforcing its commitment to innovation in AI, including incorporating ...