Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced the appointment of Doug Ahrens as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 2, 2019. Mr. Ahrens will have overall responsibility for worldwide financial operations and strategy including planning and analysis, accounting, compliance, financial reporting and investor relations. Mr. Ahrens has extensive financial and operational experience in the technology industry, and joins Mellanox from GlobalLogic, where he served as chief financial officer.

Prior to that Mr. Ahrens served as chief financial officer of Applied Micro Circuits. Eric Johnson, who acted as Mellanox's interim principal financial and accounting officer, remains an integral part of the finance team and will continue in his role as vice president and corporate controller.