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Based in Singapore, Simonelli will oversee the company's businesses across Japan, North Asia and South Asia, including Southeast Asia, India and SAARC, Australia, and New Zealand.
He will lead regional strategy, strengthen customer and partner relationships, and help accelerate Fortinet's growth across the region, according to a company release.
Why it matters
Asia Pacific remains one of the world's fastest-growing cybersecurity markets as organizations accelerate digital transformation, adopt artificial intelligence, and modernize critical infrastructure, making the region a key battleground for security providers.
Based in Singapore, Simonelli will oversee the company's businesses across Japan, North Asia and South Asia, including Southeast Asia, India and SAARC, Australia, and New Zealand.
He will lead regional strategy, strengthen customer and partner relationships, and help accelerate Fortinet's growth across the region, according to a company release.
Why it matters
Asia Pacific remains one of the world's fastest-growing cybersecurity markets as organizations accelerate digital transformation, adopt artificial intelligence, and modernize critical infrastructure, making the region a key battleground for security providers.
Simonelli brings more than 30 years of leadership experience spanning cybersecurity, networking, secure access service edge (SASE), cloud security, and managed services.
He most recently held a senior leadership role at GCX Managed Services and previously spent nearly eight years at Fortinet leading the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa business.
"Asia Pacific continues to be one of the most dynamic cybersecurity markets globally, as organisations accelerate digital transformation, adopt AI, and modernise critical infrastructure,” Fortinet executive vice president, international sales Joe Sarno said.
“Luca's deep industry experience, customer focus, and proven ability to build high-performing teams further strengthens our leadership across Asia Pacific and positions us well to further support our customers, partners and teams as we continue executing our long-term growth strategy," Sarno said.
The big picture
Simonelli said Fortinet's integrated cybersecurity platform is well positioned to help organizations simplify security while strengthening cyber resilience as AI adoption expands.
“As customers continue to modernise their infrastructure and embrace AI, Fortinet is uniquely positioned to help them secure every part of their digital journey. I'm excited to rejoin Fortinet and work alongside our customers, partners and teams across Asia Pacific to build on the company's strong momentum and help more organisations securely embrace the next phase of digital transformation," Simonelli said.
Simonelli holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Milan and is based in Singapore. — Princess Daisy C. Ominga| Ed: Corrie S. Narisma
