Nile Appoints Frank Wiacek as Chief Revenue Officer

Seasoned go-to-market executive brings decades of experience scaling revenue, partnerships, and services-led growth to accelerate adoption of Nile’s secure network-as-a-service (NaaS) solution

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nile, an industry leader for secure, autonomous Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), today announced the appointment of Frank Wiacek as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), reporting to Nile CEO Pankaj Patel. In this role, Wiacek will lead Nile’s global revenue organization, overseeing sales, partnerships, and go-to-market execution as the company accelerates growth of its secure Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions.

Prior to joining Nile, Wiacek transformed Red8 as its CEO from a primarily product-led go-to-market into a services-led business, growing the consulting revenue ten-fold and launching the Harmony managed services offering.

“Frank brings a stellar combination of strategic vision and hands-on execution that will benefit Nile,” said Pankaj Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nile. “He has repeatedly proven his ability to scale revenue, build durable partnerships, and transform go-to-market models to align with how customers buy today. As Nile continues to expand, Frank’s leadership will be instrumental in driving our next phase of growth.”

In addition to Red8, Wiacek brings more than two and a half decades of experience building and scaling high-performing revenue organizations across enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and services-led businesses including EMC and 2NDGEAR. Notably, he had several senior leadership roles within EMC and played a central role in building and leading the EMC–Dell partnership, which grew into a multibillion-dollar global business unit. He also was an early member of EMC’s commercial division, holding senior sales leadership positions that helped to scale that division to a multibillion-dollar organization.

“Nile has delivered a bold approach to the market, radically different from the legacy status quo, changing how networks are built, secured and operated,” said Frank Wiacek, Chief Revenue Officer at Nile. “Nile’s Secure NaaS aligns perfectly with what customers are asking for: operational simplicity, predictability, and cost savings. As a former partner, I’ve seen Nile’s solutions resonate firsthand with transformative customers, and I’m truly excited to work with this team to drive this transformative shift in the industry.”

About Nile

Nile is a pioneer and leader in Secure Networking-as-a-Service (NaaS). It's leading a fundamental shift in the industry with a focus on zero trust solutions for the branch and campus environments, with cloud-delivered services and autonomous operations, powered by AI. Nile solutions cut through complexity and cost versus legacy networking solutions, while delivering radical operational simplicity, security and speed with stellar user experiences. For more information, visit nilesecure.com.