Jeff Aaron serves as GVP of Product Marketing at Juniper Networks, where he is responsible for global promotion of the company's entire product suite, including the groundbreaking AI-Native Networking portfolio. Prior to Juniper, Aaron served as Head of Marketing at Mist Systems (acquired by Juniper). Prior to Mist, Aaron was VP of Marketing at PernixData (acquired by Nutanix), the leading storage acceleration and analytics company. Aaron has over 24 years of experience marketing in the high tech space, having worked at various software, networking and telecommunications companies including Silver Peak Systems, Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Turnstone Systems, and Newbridge Networks (acquired by Alcatel). He began his career as a senior consultant at Ernst and Young where he counseled Fortune 100 companies with IT design and planning. Aaron earned his BA from Duke University with majors in Computer Science and Economics.