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Force10 Networks, a pioneer in high availability switching and routing, announced today that Bahman Sohrabi has been named as vice president of global services. Sohrabi, an industry veteran with more than 17 years of experience in customer support and service, will be responsible for all aspects of Force10’s global services organization. “Bahman brings a wealth of experience in developing and implementing customer support, service and advocacy programs,” said Marc Randall, president and CEO, Force10 Networks. “As Force10 rapidly expands its customer base, Bahman will be responsible for maintaining what all of our customers have come to expect – best in class service and support.” Prior to joining Force10, Sohrabi led the worldwide technical support organization for Procket Networks. Before joining Procket, Sohrabi had spent more than a decade in the customer advocacy organization at Cisco Systems, where he led the teams responsible for service and support automation, including the successful eSupport and Network Audit programs. “Force10 is at a truly exciting point in its growth,” said Sohrabi. “Force10’s extraordinary product is generating tremendous customer demand, and, in turn, increasing the opportunities to deliver network design and optimization, installation and technical support services that sets the industry standard.” Sohrabi holds a BS in electrical engineering from Rutgers University.