I am an experienced networking and marketing professional, working in this industry since 1998. In my role as product marketing manager, Interface between organizations and educate both sales colleagues and prospects. Crafting and conveying the company's messaging through webinars, presenting onstage, or at industry events such as RSA, Interop, BlackHat and others. I mostly worked in start-up and growing organizations, where I thrive independently or in a team, fixing problems. I have a good communication and analytical skills, which I use to understanding customer needs and concerns and translate these to my responsibilities. This contributed to my ability to write compelling content such as solution briefs, white papers and data sheets.

Product Marketing Manager @ A10 provided me with a lot of experience and knowledge transcending from traditional networking to Application Networking. When I joined as a hybrid TME/PMM, A10 was growing rapidly and soon my role changed to focus on Product Marketing. I have written many solution briefs, white papers, data sheets and web content, but also presented new features and products to the sales organization as well as customers. I have been involved with all technologies A10 offers, but focused on Carrier Grade NAT/IPv6 solutions and DDoS protection. Besides writing, I have been a technical lead on various projects, such as trade shows, conferences and new product launches. New product launches require a lot of collaboration between engineering, executive management and sales, ensuring the product is well positioned, priced and its introduction getting noticed and understood in the market. From May 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Technical Marketing Engineer @ Product positioning, competitive analysis for Application Delivery Controller (ADC) features, IPv4 preservation, IPv6 migration technologies. Produce web content, white papers, perform presentations, representing the company and present features and products. From April 2012 to Present (3 years 9 months) Technical Marketing Engineer @ Testing features on competitors networking equipment. Writing guides for field engineers. Presenting features to customers, proof of concept tests. From December 2006 to April 2012 (5 years 5 months) Corporate Systems Engineer @ From 2009 to August 2010 (1 year) Technical Support Engineer US TAC @ From May 2003 to December 2006 (3 years 8 months) Network Engineer / Product Manager @ From 2001 to 2004 (3 years) Network and System Administrator @ From 1999 to 2001 (2 years)

Rene Paap is skilled in: OSPF, IPv6, BGP, Ethernet, IPv4, QoS, Routing, VLAN, IP Networking, Network Architecture, Network Design, Switches, IP, TCP/IP, Firewalls