25-Year Veteran in Telecom and IT Infrastructure to Focus on New Partnerships and Driving Business Expansion for SS8’s Network Intelligence Technology
MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 28, 2018 — SS8, the network intelligence company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Keith Bhatia as executive vice president of corporate and business development. Bhatia, a 25-year veteran in business and corporate development, will be a key member of the executive team. He will be tasked to identify and build new business relationships for SS8’s market-leading network intelligence and security analytics technology across service provider, national government and enterprise markets.
“Keith is a premier executive with a proven track record accelerating corporate growth and development, and I’m excited to have him join the SS8 leadership team,” said Dennis Haar, CEO of SS8 Networks. “The market opportunity for network intelligence technology is at an all-time high, and I look forward to having Keith build new paths for technology alignment that will propel our business to the next phase of growth.”
Prior to SS8, Keith served as senior vice president and general manager at Comtech where he consistently exceeded EBITDA and revenue targets, generated over $160 million of new business, and was responsible for closing several acquisitions: Commscope MLC (2013), Telmap (2014), and Locktronix (2015). Before Comtech, he managed direct and channel sales, new business acquisition, product management, and technical sales operations at Neustar, Movius and ADC. Earlier in his career as CTO at IP Unity, Bhatia managed the global partner team and forged global channel partner relationships with industry heavyweights Nokia, Huawei, Cisco, and NEC. Bhatia is also credited with driving business expansions into Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
“When a company partners with SS8, they are aligning with the world’s most trusted provider of network intelligence solutions for telecommunication providers, national governments and enterprises,” said Bhatia. “The proven SS8 team and technology will offer new and existing partners fast time to market with a production tested network intelligence platform – from powerful software sensor capabilities, to the advanced analytics, and flexible visualization options.”
About SS8 Networks
SS8, the network intelligence company, provides solutions to help customers quickly identify, track and investigate devices and subjects of interest. By generating, storing and recursively analyzing high-definition metadata records extracted from network packets, SS8 customers gain unprecedented intelligence for investigating what matter most. SS8 is trusted by six of the largest intelligence agencies, eight of the 14 largest communications providers and five of the largest systems integrators. Visit www.ss8.com or follow us on Twitter @SS8.
