Paul Judd pops up at Fortinet partner

Former Fortinet UK honcho starts work at systems integrator Lato Networks

Fortinet's former UK boss Paul Judd has resurfaced at one of the vendor's Silver partners, Lato Networks.

Focusing on the finance vertical, Lato specialises in storage, virtualisation and security solutions, working with vendors including Fortinet, Coraid, VMware and Isilon.

Judd (pictured), who started yesterday, said the Surrey-based firm needed more feet on the street to keep pace with demand.

Despite recently ending his three-year stint as Fortinet's UK sales director, Judd stuck by the calibre of the vendor's technology.

"Lato specialises in disruptive technologies, like Fortinet, that offer better value and higher performance than the other technologies in the market," he said.

"They have been very successful and generated a lot of new clients and needed more bodies to fulfil demand."