Gluware has announced the appointment of Ernest Lefner as Chief Product Officer, a newly-created C-suite position at Gluware. Lefner’s appointment comes on the heels of a banner year for Gluware, where it was recently recognized as the only leader and outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for NetDevOps.

At Gluware, Lefner will lead the company’s product strategy and be responsible for directing the rollout of the company’s latest innovations that include forthcoming capabilities for network robotic process automation (RPA), AIOps, and enhanced network security.

Ernest Lefner brings a wealth of industry experience to his role as Chief Product Officer at Gluware. He co-founded ONUG in 2012 to help the user community take control of and accelerate network transformation while holding high-profile executive positions overseeing network transformation programs at Bank of America and EY.

Gluware also announced the appointments of Stanislav Miskovic, Ph.D., as VP of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Tim Silverline as VP of Security.