Gordon Payne is senior vice president and general manager of the Desktop Division for Citrix. He is responsible for the group’s revenue attainment, product management, business development and strategic direction. Prior to this position, Gordon served as group vice president and general manager, for Citrix’s Advanced Solutions Group and as the product line executive of Emerging Products for the company’s Virtualization Systems Group. In both roles, Gordon was responsible for leading cross-functional teams to bring new and unique solutions to market. A network business veteran on an international scale, Payne provides product leadership with a focus on identifying new market opportunities and creating winning business and product solutions for Citrix customers and partners.

Gordon joined Citrix in December of 2004, through the $50M acquisition of Net6, Inc., a leader in SSL VPN Secure Remote Access and IP Telephony Application Solutions. With Net6, a Silicon Valley based start-up, he held the positions of both chief marketing officer and chief financial officer, establishing a strong position for the company leading up to the acquisition by Citrix Systems, Inc.

Prior to Net6, Gordon held senior management positions in two venture-backed Networking start-ups. Previously with Nortel Networks he was vice president and general manager of the Call Center/CRM and Enterprise Wireless Business Units. In 17 years with Nortel, he worked in the Carrier Networks, Wireless Networks, and Enterprise Solutions lines of business and lived in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia and the United States.

Gordon holds an M.B.A. from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and a B.A. in Commercial Studies from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.