Netgear has appointed Luca Marinelli as head of sales Europe, overseeing the development of its enterprise customer portfolio and channel partnerships in the region as well as nurturing its expanding European team.
Marinelli has extensive experience in the technology industry, having held senior roles at Citrix, Microsoft, Cisco, Exclusive Networks, Check Point and Alludo.
He spent nine years at Cisco, becoming MD of channels for the EMEA region, and seven years at Microsoft in Italy where he became senior director enterprise major and global accounts. Following this, he joined Exclusive Networks Italia as CEO and GM, taking responsibility for all aspects of the cybersecurity-focused business.
At Citrix, Marinelli was VP partners & field marketing for EMEA, and at Alludo he ran the EMEA & ANZ regions.