Bill Wood VP Channel Sales and Strategic Alliances, Symbolic IO

Symbolic IO Corp. announced the appointment of Bill Wood as VP of channel sales and strategic alliances.

He has 35 years’ experience in direct and executive channel sales for technology companies that have deployed enterprise solutions such as storage, servers, network, and converged infrastructure across a range of industries and Fortune 500 companies.

His appointment follows the announcements of technology industry veterans joining Symbolic IO’s management team with Stephen Sicola appointed to the board of directors and Rob Peglar assuming the role of SVP and CTO.

The company offers a new approach to storage computing by utilizing a platform based on patented computational-defined storage algorithms. Its IRIS product line accelerates all functions related to both the processing and the storing of data to operate seamlessly in the memory channel, ensuring high performance.

In his role at Symbolic IO, Wood will be instrumental in growing the company’s channel partner ecosystem and building strategic alliances for the IRIS product line.

“Bill has a strong track record in developing channel sales programs to deliver world-class enterprise solutions,” said Brian Ignomirello, founder and CEO. “His experience at Forsythe Technology Solutions integrating enterprise technologies from EMC, HP, Cisco and others will be key to developing a comprehensive channel distribution strategy for our IRIS product line.“

“Given my background in the IT infrastructure market spanning over three decades, IRIS is like no other enterprise technology I have ever seen,” said Wood. “Symbolic IO is uniquely positioned to create a new compute category, and I look forward to working with the executive team to develop the channel and strategic alliance partner infrastructure to deliver IRIS’ unique and unmatched value for enterprise customers.”

Prior to joining Symbolic IO, he was regional director for FireEye, in cyber security solutions where he led a team with a diverse set of channel partners to deploy threat products and services to enterprise organizations. Prior to FireEye, he was with Forsythe Technology Solutions, integrator and strategic partner for technology companies, holding senior sales management and business development positions. Previously, he held a storage solution sales role at EMC, and led a global team that drove growth by deploying innovative technology, services and financial solutions. He also led the team at StorageNetworks, a storage-as-a-service pioneer, and established customer value solutions for enterprise organizations.