Juniper Networks Names African-American To CTO Post

Published On November 17, 2015 | By Tom Huskerson | News and Analysis
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Kevin Walker

Kevin Walker was named as the Security Chief Technology Officer or CTO for Juniper Networks on November 12th.

Walker comes to Juniper from Walmart where he served as vice president and assistant Chief Information Officer or CIO. Walker has more than 25 years experience working at some of Silicon Valleys’ biggest tech companies. His former employers include Cisco, Symantec and Veritas software.

Juniper Networks designs, builds and operates corporate computer networks and provides security products and solutions for those networks. The company employs 8,800 people in 46 countries.

Walker will take on the job of guiding Juniper Development and Innovation expanding the company’s security product development. Walker will also help to lead Juniper’s security strategy both internally and externally with investors, partners, influencers and customers. 

In a press release Walker said, “Juniper Networks has always challenged conventions in the networking industry and has maintained its focus on cyber security as a core function of how it continues to innovate and transform. I am excited to apply my professional and personal passion to help guide the company in delivering technologies to customers that enable them to stay secure amid today’s evolving landscape.”

 

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Tom Huskerson Bio Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. Tom attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco. At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University. After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst. As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors. Tom has also written both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.com. Tom is not the chief editor for the OnTechStreet. com. A news and information blog that focuses on tech news for African-Americans. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.

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