Arkeia's Advisory Board With Storage Stars

Arkeia Software announced the formalization of its Industry Advisory Board.

The board is comprised of an elite group of storage industry veterans who will provide valuable perspective and counsel to the executive team at Arkeia Software in the areas of business development, market trends and operations.

Initial members of the Industry Advisory Board include Phil Roussey, Larry Kubo, and Narender Oruganti.

"These three individuals are respected storage industry professionals with extensive experience as business leaders," says Bill Evans, CEO of Arkeia Software. "We will look to our advisory board for strategic guidance as we build Arkeia Software's capabilities to grow and gain market share in the Data Protection market."

 Phil Roussey
He is a co-founder of Bell Microproducts, a $3.5B distribution and applications specialist in computer and storage technologies, where he served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Bell Micro was acquired by Avnet in 2010. Prior to founding Bell Micro, Roussey spent his early career in electrical engineering and applications engineering roles at General Motors and Texas Instruments. Roussey's experience has been developed from a spectrum of executive roles in successful startups as well as medium and large public corporations. Previous experience includes roles in strategic planning, market development, demand creation, and marketing and sales management. He has significant expertise in channel marketing, based on more than 30 years in this field. Roussey holds a master's degree in computer science from Southern Methodist University and a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

 Larry Kubo
He has more than 20 years of marketing, sales, and general management experience in companies ranging from startup to public corporations. Before starting 1st Wave Marketing, Kubo was vice president and general manager of the Appliance Software Division at Veritas Software, and prior to this, vice president of marketing at NetApp. Previous experience includes director of vertical markets for Java Systems at Sun Microsystems, general manager of the Development System Operation at Adaptec, and executive marketing and sales roles in several privately held ventures. Kubo holds an MBA from Stanford University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.

 Narender Oruganti
He is an entrepreneur and co-founded Catura Broadband Systems, an Internet based Education Company. Before Catura, he spent almost 20 successful years in marketing, operations and management in leading technology companies. Before launching a startup, he was the director of marketing at Veritas' Appliance Software Division. Prior to Veritas, he spent over four years at NetApp. Previous experience includes more than 10 years at HP in various roles in marketing, management and operations. Oruganti holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, CA, M.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.