Forward Networks has named Sanjay Mehta as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, he will design and drive the company’s global marketing strategy, strengthening its reach with major enterprises and government agencies as they ready their networks for AI, agentic operations, and the next era of digital transformation.
Global organizations are facing a perfect storm: the expansion of hybrid clouds, unrelenting security threats, and the urgent requirement to support AI workloads. Networks have become mission-critical infrastructure, yet verifying intent, compliance, and resilience remains nearly impossible with legacy tools. Forward Networks’ digital twin technology solves this gap by delivering a mathematically precise model of the entire network, empowering leaders to eliminate blind spots, validate compliance, and reduce risk at scale.
“As enterprises race to prepare their infrastructure for the AI era, having detailed, always-accurate, and actionable knowledge of the network has become non-negotiable,” said David Erickson, CEO and co-founder of Forward Networks. “Forward Networks is the only company delivering this with mathematical certainty. Sanjay brings the global marketing expertise and category-building experience we need to ensure every enterprise leader knows this technology exists—and why they need it now.”
Mehta brings decades of experience building categories in enterprise software and infrastructure, helping organizations adopt the most significant technology shifts of the past two decades—from the rise of the internet and mobile, to cloud, security, and now AI. At ThousandEyes, he was instrumental in scaling the company’s market presence leading up to its acquisition by Cisco, and in the years since, helped integrate and expand the business as part of Cisco’s unified platform and operations strategy.
“AI has raised the stakes for every organization, and success now depends on knowing your network at a depth most enterprises have never achieved,” said Sanjay Mehta, CMO of Forward Networks. “Legacy tools weren’t built for where operations need to be today. Forward Networks’ digital twin goes beyond insight—it transforms operations, giving organizations a verified way to run, secure, and scale their networks with confidence. That’s why I’m excited to help bring this technology to more organizations worldwide.”
Mehta’s appointment marks a pivotal moment as Forward Networks accelerates global adoption of its network digital twin. With the accelerated adoption of AI, an expanding attack surface, and evolving compliance requirements intensifying pressure on IT teams, Forward is uniquely positioned to provide verified, always-current network knowledge at enterprise scale. The company’s decision to appoint a seasoned marketing executive underscores its commitment to category leadership and to ensuring every enterprise leader understands the immediate value of a network digital twin.
To learn more about Sanjay Mehta or the rest of the Forward Networks leadership team, visit the website here.
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