Dolan Sullivan
Vice President of Federal at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

Dolan Sullivan is the Vice President and General Manager of Federal for Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. In his current role Dolan oversees the HPE Networking and Aruba Networks businesses, including Field Sales and Engineering, Channels and Field Marketing. Dolan joined Aruba in October 2013 as the Director of DoD for Aruba Federal.

Prior to joining Aruba, Dolan worked at Cisco Systems Federal for 19 years. He held numerous sales and sales leadership roles during his tenure at Cisco, to include his last role as Regional Manager of the Navy Marine Corps which he held for 10 years. Prior to Cisco, Dolan was a District Manager with AT&T Federal Computer Systems leading a team of account managers and engineers selling to the Navy and Marine Corps. Prior to his role as District Manager, Dolan was Senior Account Manager for AT&T Federal Systems selling into DoD accounts. Dolan earned his B.B.A. from James Madison University double majoring in Management Information Systems and Economics.

He is an active member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). He was a member of the board from 2009-2014 for the Father McKenna Center, a Catholic social service agency serving men struggling with homelessness and very low income families. The Center is affiliated with Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC.

Posts (10)

AI-Powered

Federal IT: 3 reasons to upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 in support of return to office mandates

Public and private sector organizations alike are increasing pressure on employees to return to the office this fall, citing the productivity, collaboration, and engagement benefits of in-person work.... Read More

Tags:

  • Access Points
  • Access Switches
  • AIOps
  • Aruba Central
  • Campus Networking
  • Federal
  • FedRAMP
  • Network Design
  • Security
  • Wi-Fi 6
  • Wi-Fi 6 (11ax)
  • Wi-Fi 6E
  • Work from Home
  • WPA3

Government

Federal IT: Can network as a service help you deliver IT faster and more easily?

Federal IT leaders have begun to transform their network service delivery models, leveraging NaaS to enable a greater focus on outcomes and lifting the burden of day-to-day operations. Read More

Tags:

  • HPE GreenLake for Aruba
  • Network as-a-Service NaaS

Analytics and Assurance

Federal IT: Think automation for your next data center modernization project

Aruba's architectural approach to networking empowers agency IT teams to use intelligent automation to speed infrastructure provisioning and simplify operations. Read More

Tags:

  • AOS-CX
  • Aruba Fabric Composer
  • CX Switches
  • Data Center
  • Data Center Network
  • Federal
  • Network Automation
  • Network Design
  • Network Infrastructure
  • Network Management

Phil Mottram, GM of HPE Aruba, on stage at Atmosphere 23 in Las Vegas
Corporate

4 highlights from Aruba Atmosphere 2023 for federal IT leaders

Agility will matter as we prepare for what comes next. Get four takeaways for Federal IT. Read More

Tags:

  • 5G
  • Atmosphere
  • Atmosphere '23
  • Campus Switches
  • Data Center Network
  • Federal
  • FedRAMP
  • SASE
  • SD-WAN
  • Security

Data Center Networks

Federal IT: How Aruba supports your mission to optimize data centers

As agencies take data center modernization to the next level, a cohesive network fabric enables accelerated IT service delivery and automated operations. Read More

Tags:

  • Aruba Fabric Composer
  • ArubaOS-CX (AOS-CX)
  • CX Switches
  • Edge Data Center
  • Edge-to-Cloud
  • Federal
  • Network Automation
  • Network Design
  • Sustainability

Government

Federal IT: Support your Zero Trust network journey with Aruba

Federal agencies are aggressively moving to Zero Trust. Learn how an Aruba network supports the mandate. Read More

Tags:

  • Aruba Central
  • Aruba Central NetConductor
  • Aruba Client Insights
  • Aruba Policy Enforcement Firewall (PEF)
  • ClearPass
  • ClearPass Device Insight
  • Federal
  • FedRAMP
  • Zero Trust Security

Government

Federal IT: It’s time to consider SD-WAN for network modernization

Accelerated cloud adoption, a distributed workforce, and a mandate to move to the EIS contract vehicle are powerful trifecta of reasons for federal IT leaders to consider modernizing with SD-WAN. Read More

Tags:

  • Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN
  • Aruba WAN Boost
  • Edge-to-Cloud
  • Federal
  • Network Infrastructure
  • Network Management
  • SD-WAN

AI-Powered

Federal IT: Five network trends to watch in 2023

No one knows what comes next, but we do know that the network plays a critical role to power the journey ahead. Read More

Tags:

  • Aruba Central
  • Campus Networking
  • Cloud Management
  • Federal
  • FedRAMP
  • NaaS
  • Network as-a-Service NaaS
  • Network Automation
  • Zero Trust Security

AI-Powered

Federal IT: Are you ready to simplify connectivity with Aruba Central?

Shift to cloud-managed networking with AI-driven automation to lighten the network management workload and get more done. Read More

Tags:

  • AirWave
  • Aruba Central
  • Aruba ESP
  • Aruba Instant
  • Campus Networking
  • Cloud
  • Cloud Management
  • Cloud-managed Wi-Fi
  • Federal
  • Network Infrastructure
  • Network Management

Aruba Unplugged

Federal IT: Connect and protect what matters most with Aruba SD-WAN

Support mission objectives with a modern, cloud-first SD-WAN. Read More

Tags:

  • Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN
  • Aruba WAN Boost
  • Federal
  • Network Design
  • Network Infrastructure
  • SASE
  • SD-Branch
  • SD-WAN
  • Security
  • Zero Trust Security