Vice-President, Strategy, Product Management & Marketing, Dell Networking(Former Chief Marketing Officer, Force10 Networks) Arpit Joshipura joins Dell through the Force10 Acquisition where he served as Chief Marketing Officer since October 2010. Before joining Force10, Arpit was vice president, strategy and market development in Ericsson, Inc. since January 2007. Mr. Joshipura joined Ericsson as a result of Ericsson’s acquisition of Redback Networks, Inc. where Mr. Joshipura served as vice president, product management and marketing (CTO/CMO) beginning in October 2004. Arpit has held Executive Management roles in CIENA, ONI, Caspian and Nortel Networks and a Networking veteran for over 25 years. Residing in Silicon Valley, Mr. Joshipura is connected into the Venture community world, startups and guides teams to take ideas and innovation into execution. He received his MBA and MS in computer engineering degrees from North Carolina State University. He received his bachelor of science in electrical engineering and telecommunications degree from Gujarat University.