3Com Corporation announced that Saar Gillai has joined the company as its new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Products and Solutions. Gillai brings more than 20 years of networking experience to 3Com, including management positions with companies such as Cisco Systems Inc., Newbridge Networks and Tropos Networks. Gillai will report to 3Com President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Sege.

As head of worldwide products and solutions, Gillai will be responsible for defining the company’s long-term vision for product lines and solutions, including roadmap, pricing and positioning, and requirements. He will work closely with the company’s research and development and sales teams to develop innovative ways to help customers stretch their networking budgets and ‘do more with less.

Prior to joining 3Com, Gillai was Senior Vice President of Product Development and Operations for Enfora, a leading global supplier of intelligent wireless networking solutions. He was responsible for scaling development activities and operational processes, as well as guiding Enfora’s technology direction to support global expansion. Under Gillai’s leadership, Enfora instituted operational discipline to help grow the business profitably and improve its market share. He joined Enfora from Tropos Networks where was Vice President of Engineering and Product Management.

Gillai also spent seven years at Cisco in a variety of leadership positions, including Vice President of Engineering for the Wireless Networking Business Unit. He played a key role in building Cisco's enterprise WLAN product line to the number-one position in the market as it developed and shipped more than $1.5 billion in products during his tenure. Gillai also held key management positions in product development for the Desktop Switching Business Unit and the Multiservice Switching Business Unit, where he worked closely with major service providers on next-generation network architectures. He previously worked at Newbridge Networks as well as several start-up companies.

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