Riverbed Appoints Peter Lee and Promotes Nick Kempt to Bolster APJ Leadership

Peter Lee joins as Regional Director of Solutions Engineering; Nick Kempt promoted to Director of Alliances, AIOps and Customer Success to support Riverbed’s growing focus on unified observability, AIOps, and autonomous IT operations across the region

SYDNEY, Australia, October 28, 2026: Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, today announced the company has strengthened its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) leadership team, appointing Peter Lee as Regional Director of Solutions Engineering, APJ, and promoting Nick Kempt to Director of Alliances, AIOps and Customer Success, APJ.

The appointments deepen Riverbed’s commitment to the region, giving customers across APJ enhanced technical, customer and partner support as they adopt AI, simplify their IT operations and move toward autonomous IT operations.

Lee brings over two decades of experience in technical pre-sales, cyber security and IT observability. He has led and mentored solutions engineering and architecture teams across APJ’s enterprise, strategic and public sector segments, and helped shape regional go-to-market strategy alongside sales, marketing and product teams. In his new role, he will build and scale Riverbed’s Solutions Engineering organisation across APJ, reporting to Charbel Khneisser, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Engineering.

“Organisations across APJ want to simplify complex technology environments and move beyond fragmented monitoring tools,” said Lee. “Riverbed’s combination of network intelligence, observability and AI-driven insights, extending to mobile devices, gives organisations the context to identify issues faster and improve digital experiences. I’m excited to help build a Solutions Engineering team that demonstrates that value to customers and partners.”

Kempt takes on an expanded role driving Riverbed’s regional AIOps strategy, customer engagement and strategic alliances. Drawing on more than five years at Riverbed across APJ, he will focus on strengthening executive customer relationships and expanding alliances with managed service providers (MSPs) and technology partners to scale the adoption of Riverbed’s solutions across the region.

“As organisations invest more in AI and automation, the focus is shifting to how those investments deliver business value,” said Kempt. “My priority is to deepen customer relationships and work with our partners to turn observability, AI and automation into measurable outcomes.”

Kempt reports to Paul Crighton, Vice President Sales, APJ, at Riverbed. “AI is changing what customers expect from their technology environments and their partners,” said Crighton. “Peter and Nick bring complementary strengths in technical leadership, customer success and regional execution. Their expanded roles will help customers and partners get more from their existing investments as they move toward autonomous IT operations, maximising the value of AI in their IT environments.”

The appointments support Riverbed’s vision for Zero Disruption, using unified observability and AI-driven intelligence to resolve issues faster, improve digital experiences, and accelerate business outcomes. Earlier this year, Riverbed introduced six new products and capabilities designed to advance autonomous IT operations. These innovations include Riverbed IQ 4.0, the company’s unified intelligence layer for autonomous operations; Riverbed Q, a conversational AI interface for IT teams; AI Assurance for AI observability and governance; and new Aternity capabilities, including Replay 2.0, High Frequency Analytics, and APM+, which extend visibility, accelerate root cause analysis, and help organisations proactively prevent disruption before it impacts users.

About Riverbed

Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, helps organizations optimize their user’s experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed’s open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improves IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally, including 95% of the FORTUNE 100, we are empowering next-generation digital experiences. Learn more at riverbed.com

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