Overview

Gender

male

Dan Fairfax was named Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance in June 2011 and has responsibility for the company's financial processes and reporting, as well as global real estate and facilities.

Fairfax joined Brocade in 2008, as the result of the Company's acquisition of Foundry Networks, where he served as CFO.

Fairfax joined Foundry Networks in May 2006, and has more than 25 years of senior financial and operations management experience.

Prior to joining Foundry Networks, Fairfax served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GoRemote Internet Communications.

He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Ironside Technologies, Inc.; ACTA Technology; and NeoVista Software.

Before that, Fairfax held senior financial management and operations positions at Siemens and Spectra-Physics.

Fairfax holds a BA in Economics from Whitman College and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and is a Certified Public Accountant in California with an inactive license.