Gordon Payne

Who is Gordon Payne?

Gordon Payne is senior vice president and general manager of the

Delivery Systems Division for Citrix. He is responsible for the group’s

revenue attainment, product management, business development and

strategic direction. Prior to this position, Gordon served as group

vice president and general manager, for Citrix’s Advanced Solutions

Group and as the product line executive of Emerging Products for the

company’s Virtualization Systems Group. In both roles, Gordon was

responsible for leading cross-functional teams to bring new and unique

solutions to market. A network business veteran on an international

scale, Payne provides product leadership with a focus on identifying

new market opportunities and creating winning business and product

solutions for Citrix customers and partners.

Gordon joined Citrix in December of 2004, through the $50M acquisition

of Net6, Inc., a leader in SSL VPN Secure Remote Access and IP

Telephony Application Solutions. With Net6, a Silicon Valley based

start-up, he held the positions of both chief marketing officer and

chief financial officer, establishing a strong position for the company

leading up to the acquisition by Citrix Systems, Inc.

Prior to Net6, Gordon held senior management positions in two

venture-backed Networking start-ups. Previously with Nortel Networks he

was vice president and general manager of the Call Center/CRM and

Enterprise Wireless Business Units. In 17 years with Nortel, he worked

in the Carrier Networks, Wireless Networks, and Enterprise Solutions

lines of business and lived in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland,

Australia and the United States.

Gordon holds an M.B.A. from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and a B.A. in

Commercial Studies from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.