Extreme Networks Announces Appointment of Anisha Vaswani as Chief Information and Customer Officer

MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 12, 2025--

Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a leader in AI-powered automation for networking, today announced it has appointed Anisha Vaswani as Chief Information and Customer Officer (CICO). Vaswani will report directly to Extreme President and CEO Ed Meyercord.

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As CICO, Vaswani will develop and implement the company’s overall IT strategy, ensuring that technology investments support the company’s business objectives and growth. Additionally, she’ll focus on driving internal innovation and customer success for the company by acting as “Extreme’s Customer ONE,” testing and validating Extreme’s products and solutions before rolling them out to customers to ensure they create a new industry standard for excellence. Vaswani will also oversee the company’s customer success initiatives, proactively engaging with customers to complete successful technology migrations and deliver significant value add – prioritizing long-term customer relationships, loyalty and retention.

"At Extreme, we believe technology and customer experience must be seamlessly integrated, which is why we created the CICO role. Anisha is the perfect candidate to ensure that every innovation enhances the customer journey. Her expertise in cloud adoption, cybersecurity and AI, combined with her track record of driving product adoption, maximizing value and increasing customer lifetime value, will help Extreme continue its journey to becoming a leading SaaS company in our space," said Ed Meyercord, President and CEO of Extreme.

Prior to Extreme, Vaswani served in several CIO roles at prominent companies such as IDG, Box, Toast, Inc., and Shockwave Medical. As Shockwave Medical, she helped the company scale operations and grow annual revenue to $1B. As CIO of Toast, she helped guide the company through the IPO process and played a role in growing the company from $1B in revenue to over $3B in annual revenue. She holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from San Jose State University.

Anisha Vaswani, CICO at Extreme, said, "Extreme is at a pivotal moment, with innovations like Extreme Platform ONE set to redefine the future of networking. I’m excited to join a team of visionary thinkers and believe that through relentless innovation and an unwavering focus on our customers, we’ll turn bold ideas into transformative success. Creating customer value is at the heart of everything we do.”

About Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks, Inc. ( EXTR ) is a leader in AI-driven cloud networking, focused on delivering simple and secure solutions that help businesses address challenges and enable connections among devices, applications, and users. We push the boundaries of technology, leveraging the powers of artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Tens of thousands of customers globally trust our AI-driven cloud networking solutions and industry-leading support to enable businesses to drive value, foster innovation, and overcome extreme challenges. For more information, visit Extreme's website at www.extremenetworks.com or follow us on LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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Anisha Vaswani, Chief Information and Customer Officer at Extreme Networks (Photo: Business Wire)

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who had a relationship with a Brazilian au pair is going to trial Monday in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme to frame another man in the stabbing of his wife.

Brendan Banfield is charged with aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at the Banfields' home in northern Virginia. He has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Banfield and Juliana Peres Magalhães, the family’s au pair, were with the wife and Ryan on the morning the victims were killed in the primary bedroom of the Banfield home, court records say. Authorities have said on that day, Banfield and Magalhães told officials they saw Ryan, a stranger, stabbing the wife after he entered the house. Then they each shot the intruder, Banfield and Magalhães said at the time.

Prosecutors have painted a different picture, arguing that Brendan Banfield and Magalhães lured Ryan to the house and staged it to look like he and the au pair shot a predator in defense. Officials have said Banfield and Magalhães had a romantic affair beginning the year before the killings.

Both the au pair and husband were arrested between 2023 and 2024 and initially handed murder charges in the case. In 2024, Magalhães pleaded guilty to a downgraded manslaughter charge after giving a statement to officials confirming parts of their theory.

In that statement, Magalhães said she and Brendan Banfield created an account in his wife’s name on a social media platform for people interested in sexual fetishes. There, Ryan connected with the account in Christine Banfield’s name, and the users made plans to meet on the morning of Feb. 24, 2023, for a sexual encounter that would involve a knife, authorities said based on the statement from Magalhães.

Prosecutor Eric Clingan said last year that the au pair's statement helped the state solidify its theory ahead of trial.

“With 12 different homicide detectives, there were 24 different theories,” Clingan said. “Now, one theory.”

Not all officials investigating the case have believed Banfield and Magalhães catfished Ryan.

Brendan Miller, a former digital forensic examiner with the Fairfax County Police Department, testified last year that he analyzed dozens of devices and concluded Christine Banfield had connected with Ryan herself through the social networking platform.

An evidence analysis team at the University of Alabama peer-reviewed and affirmed Miller’s digital forensic findings, according to evidence submitted to the court.

Miller was transferred out of the department’s digital forensics unit in late 2024, though a former Fairfax County commander testified the reassignment was not punitive or disciplinary.

John Carroll, Banfield's attorney, argued that Millers' transfer was directly tethered to the case. He also said in court that Fairfax County police reassigned the case’s lead detective after that man had pushed back on the top brass’ catfishing theory.

“It is a theory in search of facts rather than a series of facts supporting a theory,” Carroll said.

Banfield, whose daughter was at the house on the morning of the killings, is also charged with child abuse and felony child cruelty in connection with the case. He will also face those charges during the aggravated murder trial.

FILE - This image provided by the Fairfax County Police Department and taken on Oct. 13, 2023, was submitted as evidence in the murder case against Brendan Banfield shows a framed photo of Banfield and Juliana Peres Magalhães on his bedside table in Herndon, Va. (Fairfax County Police Department via AP, File)