The Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) brain drain continued with the defection of an Aruba director to Ruckus Networks.
Dan Rivera is leaving HPE Aruba Networking to become director for state, local, and education (SLED) business development at CommScope's enterprise networking division. Rivera was previously responsible for HPE’s SLED business, leaving the firm after a decade-plus stint that began as an education portfolio marketing manager in 2015, before assuming the SLED director title in 2024.
“Ruckus Networks is pushing the boundaries of networking and wireless solutions, and I couldn’t be more thrilled about the impact we’re going to make together,” Rivera wrote on LinkedIn. “Here’s to stirring up great things – stronger connections, smarter solutions, and impactful wins across education and state and local government!”
Rivera joins a procession of HPE talent to leave the networking giant, including hybrid cloud/AI sales lead Adnan Bhutta, and various Juniper Networks talent following HPE’s acquisition of the firm. Departees have included Juniper VP Gos Hein van de Wouw, who is now a sales SVP at Extreme Networks.
It was recently rumored that Extreme was looking to purchase Ruckus in a possible $1 billion deal, leaving CommScope focusing solely on its access network solutions (ANS) after the sell-off of its connectivity and cable solutions (CCS) segment to Amphenol earlier this year.
Updates have been scarce since those rumors emerged in January, with more recent Ruckus news seeing the release of AV-optimized additions to its network switch portfolio.
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