Executive Profiles

Erik Giesa

Senior Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing

Erik Giesa has served F5 as Senior Vice President of Product Management & Product Marketing since January 2012 and has been with F5 since September 2000. He is responsible for defining and driving product, market, and solution strategy across F5's product portfolio and plays a primary role in technology partnerships and corporate development. Giesa pioneered F5's focus on application delivery and promoted the unification of F5’s technology portfolio around applications, virtualization, cloud and next generation data centers. He and his team are also responsible for community development through F5's popular DevCentral site and F5's International Technology Centers.

Prior to F5, Erik held executive positions in product management, marketing, and sales at Holistix, WRQ, and Express Systems / hDC computer. Giesa holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington.