Optanix announced Wasif Awan as new SVP of Engineering and Development.
In this role, Awan is responsible for guiding and driving software engineering and development strategies, initiatives, projects and resources surrounding the Optanix Platform, which maximizes business service availability and performance through a proactive approach to identifying and resolving critical root cause incidents in a network.
“We’re extremely excited to have someone like Wasif, with a proven track record of success in the tech industry, joining the team at Optanix,” said Mike Barry, CEO of Optanix. “Working closely with our product management, marketing, sales and engineering leaders, Wasif will serve as an invaluable resource in helping us define, develop, communicate and deliver new and evolving solutions to the market.”
Awan comes to Optanix with more than 20 years of experience delivering software and related services in high-tech industries. Previously with Intralinks, he served as the global head of engineering, where he led the design and delivery of the company’s SaaS platform. While at Intralinks, Awan migrated a global engineering organization of over 250 engineers to an Agile based development process with integrated global teams, resulting in a 25% productivity increase and cycle times twice as fast as the industry average. Prior to Intralinks, Awan served as VP of Engineering at Sereniti and Managing Partner of K2 Software Group.
“What initially attracted me to Optanix was the strong leadership team and their vision for the Optanix Platform,” said Awan. “Now that I’ve joined the company, I am looking forward to enriching the strong culture of innovation and collaboration that’s already engrained in our software engineering and development teams. I’m also excited for the opportunity to work closely with teams throughout the organization as we execute on the vision for the Optanix Platform.”
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