CIO Sharon Mandell transforms Juniper Networks for the AI era

Traditionally, Juniper’s business processes were targeted toward very large, complex, and long sales cycles. Mist required the exact opposite: a more bundled package sale to the enterprise, Mandell says. It would not be easy, but the CIO — recognizing business alignment was the key — enlisted both the business and technology sides of the house and got to work.

“I locked on to the need for a business transformation, which required a change to many, if not all of our…