Chalan Aras is Riverbed’s Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Acceleration business, overseeing the entire Acceleration portfolio, including engineering and product management. Aras brings over three decades of experience in B2B technology, including leading product organizations and divisions at renowned companies such as Deloitte, Citrix Systems, Cisco, and Polycom. Aras most recently served as Chief Product Officer and Managing Director for Deloitte’s Cyber Security Services. Prior to Deloitte, he spent nine years at Citrix in VP and GM roles leading products that included Cloud Network and Security Services, SD-WAN and WAN Optimization. Aras holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Middle East Technical University, a master’s degree in computer engineering from North Carolina State University; an Executive MBA in Strategy and Marketing from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.