RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bandwidth (NASDAQ:
BAND), a leading enterprise cloud communications company, announced
today that Brandon Asbill has joined
the company as General Counsel, effective January 18, 2021.
Asbill brings more than 20 years of broad legal experience to
Bandwidth, including corporate governance, securities matters,
complex negotiations, data privacy and security, compliance and
intellectual property portfolio management. Most recently he spent
12 years with Red Hat, where he served as Vice President &
Assistant General Counsel. During his time at Red Hat, Asbill led
teams that completed over 20 acquisitions with an aggregate value
of more than $1.5 billion and led key
aspects of IBM's $34 billion
acquisition of Red Hat, then the largest software acquisition in
history. Asbill also oversaw the global implementation of Red Hat's
GDPR compliance efforts, which spanned almost 20 business functions
across the company.
Before his tenure at Red Hat, Asbill spent seven years with GE
Energy advising senior leaders on acquisitions, divestitures and
other strategic corporate transactions.
Asbill will oversee all legal operations, including support for
all corporate, sales, human resources, intellectual property,
compliance, and regulatory functions.
"Brandon's experience scaling a global organization will be
invaluable to our team as we enter our next chapter as an
international company," said David
Morken, Bandwidth Founder & CEO. "When Brandon joined
Red Hat, the company had approximately 1,100 employees and
$280 milion in revenue. During
his tenure, they expanded to almost 12,000 employees and
$3 billion in revenue, with a
presence in more than 75 countries. We're thrilled to welcome
someone with his experience to the Band!"
Asbill obtained his undergraduate degree in History from
Princeton University and his JD from
the University of Georgia School of
Law.
Asbill replaces Chris Matton, who
is leaving the company as previously announced. Morken said, "I
want to thank Chris for the contributions he's made to Bandwidth.
During the past decade, Chris has been a tremendous partner on the
leadership team, as he helped lead us through rapid growth and into
the public markets. We wish him fair winds and following seas."
About Bandwidth
Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND), is a leading
global enterprise cloud communications company. Companies like
Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Zoom, Uber and RingCentral use
Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed voice, messaging and emergency
services into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and
only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications
APIs built around their own IP voice network. More information is
available at www.bandwidth.com.
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SOURCE Bandwidth Inc.