Ixia Names Bethany Mayer CEO

(RTTNews) - Ixia (XXIA) said Thursday that it has appointed Bethany Mayer as president and chief executive officer effective the day after the company becomes current in its periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mayer will also join Ixia's board of directors.

Mayer brings over 25 years of technology experience to Ixia and joins the company from Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) where she has held several key executive roles since 2010. Most recently, Mayer served as HP's senior vice president and general manager of its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) business and led the company's NFV initiative. Previously, Mayer was senior vice president and general manager of the HP Networking Business unit, where under her leadership the business unit delivered 12 consecutive quarters of growth. Prior to that, Mayer was vice president, marketing and alliances for HP's Enterprise Servers Storage and Networking Group. Prior to joining HP, Mayer served as senior vice president of worldwide marketing and corporate development at Blue Coat Systems, and held product marketing roles at Cisco Systems and Apple Computer.