Gerard Bauer is the vice president of EMEA sales at Vectra. Previously, he held several sales leadership roles at Riverbed Technology over a seven-year period, most recently as regional vice president for Southern Europe. Gerard has a proven track record in jumpstarting new regions and growing revenues in mature markets. Before Riverbed, Gerard held key sales leadership roles at NetApp including director of Eastern Europe, where he established new markets that fueled revenue growth for the company. He holds a diploma in business administration from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.