Blue Ridge Networks today announced that Vice President of Operations, Maureen Gray, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Gray will lead the development and execution of marketing and sales functions to meet the company's economic growth goals and ensure operational success across various departments.

"Maureen is an experienced leader with significant knowledge in cybersecurity and customer operations," said John Higginbotham, Chairman and CEO, Blue Ridge Networks. "I have tremendous confidence in Maureen's ability to align the company's leading endpoint breach prevention, secure access, operational technology, and industrial control systems solutions with customer needs."

Gray joined Blue Ridge at its inception in 1998 in a technical role where she created the customer operations department. Since then, Gray has implemented the first of the company's many data centers, created and streamlined the company's cloud offerings, and ensured that customer requests were addressed by the engineering team. She managed multiple departments including customer operations, IT logistics, and facilities management and oversaw all business development, marketing, and sales initiatives.

"I'm excited for the future of Blue Ridge and I'm looking forward to leading the company through its next phase of innovation and growth," said Maureen Gray, COO, Blue Ridge. "I believe our products and services are well-positioned to address key customer needs across rapidly expanding cybersecurity markets."

About Blue Ridge® Networks

Blue Ridge Networks provides field-proven cybersecurity solutions to government and commercial enterprises that protect against the prevalent vulnerabilities plaguing even the most advanced networks. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA, Blue Ridge offers an unmatched suite of solutions that enable secure remote access to the enterprise network while maintaining protection and control of endpoints. For more information, please visit www.blueridge.com, or contact us at sales@blueridge.com.