CIONET is pleased to invite you to an exclusive dinner hosted by François Locoh-Donou, President and CEO of F5 Networks. From Togo over France to the USA, on his life journey, François developed a unique and inspiring personal philosophy that he uses to help guide F5 into a new era. Find out from François himself how to disrupt the status quo, to keep curiosity alive and ultimately drive top-line growth from IT.
In 2020, CIONET organised a round table featuring François Locoh-Donou that left a lasting impact on all participants. Nowadays, IT is driving market capitalisation, and the highest-valued organisations are driven by IT or applications. We have entered the era of application capital. F5 invites you to an open discussion in the presence of François and your peers. In addition, expect a sneak preview of the High Secure Organisation Program to be kicked off by amongst others ICT Media and F5 Networks.
Find out more about the speakers
François Locoh-Donou is F5’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors. He joined F5 in April 2017, bringing to the office nearly two decades of enterprise technology experience building a wide range of products, teams, and operations around the world.
Locoh-Donou previously held successive leadership positions at Ciena, the network strategy and technology company, including Chief Operating Officer; Senior Vice President, Global Products Group; Vice President and General Manager, EMEA; Vice President, International Sales; and Vice President, Marketing. Prior to joining Ciena, he held research-and-development roles at Photonetics, a French opto-electronics company.
Locoh-Donou serves on the board of Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF). He is also the co-founder of Cajou Espoir, a cashew-processing facility that employs several hundred people in rural Togo, 80 percent of whom are women. Cajou Espoir exports more than 400 tons of cashew kernels annually to the U.S. and Europe.
He holds engineering degrees from École Centrale de Marseille and Télécom ParisTech in France and a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Francois will be hosting this dinner and will be able to share his insights in how to drive Topline Growth from IT. Nowadays, IT is driving market capitalization, and the highest valued organisations are driven by IT or applications – the era of application capital.
This exclusive round-table discussion featuring François Locoh-Donou, President and CEO of F5 Networks, took place in 2020.
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Located in the charming city of Mechelen, Kasteel Tivoli is a historical castle surrounded by a beautiful park.
You will be treated to a dinner with a view.
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