Mr. Gradel leads world wide business development efforts in the Application Networking Group for Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) the global leader in application delivery infrastructure. The principal mission of this function is to develop, leverage and grow the Citrix ecosystem of partnerships into Global relationships delivering sustainable revenue plans and integrated go to market strategies.
In his 10 year tenure at Citrix Systems, he has been responsible for internal IT systems and architecting customer environments to deliver optimal return on investment. Mr. Gradel has also led field initiatives with Microsoft and managed channel partners in the areas of business planning and revenue growth. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Gradel was an integral part of the management team building the Western region business from $10 million annual to greater than $100 million. This included integration of 4 acquisitions and building an engineering team from 6 to 30.
Mr. Gradel holds a Bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University and his Master’s in Business Administration at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.
