Itential Appoints David Horder as Regional Director for APAC

Itential has appointed David Horder as its regional director for Asia Pacific.

Tasked with spearheading the expansion of Itential’s APAC presence, operations, and market share, David will be especially attuned to markets that are primed for network automation including communication service providers, data center operators, and the public / private cloud sector.

David joins Itential from Ciena Blue Planet and brings over two decades of industry experience from roles with Huawei, Teradata, Vodafone, Alcatel, and Telstra. Previously, he has worked extensively with Network Orchestration and Automation, Operational Support System and Business Support Systems applications, and Digital Services for the telecoms industry. Based in Sydney, David has lived and worked throughout APAC for the bulk of his career.

As he starts his journey with Itential, David shared some thoughts:

“I am thrilled to be joining the Itential team and continuing my journey in network automation for the APAC region. Itential stands out from the pack as having unwavering commitment to its mission, industry leading technology, and proven credentials at massive scale for an impressive palette of use cases. I expect our APAC customers and partners will be wowed by the dramatic improvements to cost, velocity, and risk of delivering real network automation outcomes that Itential offers.”

Itential is an enabler for intelligent automation for physical and cloud network infrastructure. The Itential Automation Platform is a low-code solution that seamlessly connects IT systems with network technologies for end-to-end network configuration, compliance, and automation.