Virtual Instruments appoints Peter Dayton as Chief Financial Officer

Virtual Instruments has appointed Peter Dayton as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dayton joins Virtual Instruments with more than two decades of experience in prominent finance, business development and marketing roles with several high-profile technology companies across multiple market segments.

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As CFO, Dayton will lead Virtual Instruments’ finance, accounting, legal, IT and manufacturing departments, and will report directly to Virtual Instruments’ CEO, Philippe Vincent.

“Peter is a highly experienced CFO with a proven ability to grow companies, and his extensive experience in financial management, business development and operations roles at Fortune 500 companies makes him the perfect fit for our company,” said Vincent. “We’re excited to welcome Peter to our team, and look forward to our continued growth through his financial acumen and strategic leadership.”

Dayton has an established track record of significantly growing both public and privately-held enterprises. Before joining Virtual Instruments, Dayton was CFO at Vasona Networks, a mobile-edge computing platform provider for global mobile network operators. Dayton also held positions as a consulting CFO for several venture-funded startups through the Silicon Valley Finance Group, and held senior business operations and development roles at Yahoo! and IBM.

“Virtual Instruments’ industry-leading solutions are integral in helping enterprises manage the increasingly complex hybrid data centres of today,” said Dayton. “I’m thrilled to be a part of an executive team that is not only fully committed to offering the best infrastructure performance monitoring and analytics solutions on the market, but also prioritises customer and partner satisfaction above all else.”

Virtual Instruments appoints Peter Dayton as Chief Financial Officer

Virtual Instruments has appointed Peter Dayton as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dayton joins Virtual Instruments with more than two decades of experience in prominent finance, business development and marketing roles with several high-profile technology companies across multiple market segments.

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