Topic: Virtualization and Security

Grant Asplund, Head of Market Development, Altor Networks 

Grant Asplund is Head of Market Development and leads sales for Altor Networks. Previous to joining Altor Networks, Mr. Asplund was the Vice President, Enterprise Sales for NeuStar where he led the global sales efforts for enterprise infrastructure services. Before that, he was President and CEO of MetaInfo where he was responsible for driving the company to develop SAFE DHCP TM. At the beginning of 2007 he successfully sold MetaInfo to NeuStar. Prior to acquiring MetaInfo from Check Point Software Technologies, he was the Worldwide Senior Product Evangelist for Check Point where he traveled the globe speaking and representing Check Point at numerous industry and partner events, seminars and company conferences. Before Check Point Software, Mr. Asplund lead sales at MetaInfo. MetaInfo was subsequently acquired by Check Point software in April 1998. Mr. Asplund began his career in the technology industry in 1983 when he was involved in opening an Apple dealership and has held several sales, marketing and management positions since then with Apple, Silicon Graphics, ComputerLand and Traveling Software.