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Rich Pappas VP of OEM and Channel Sales, DataDirect
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on Tue, August 10th, 2010
Formerly worked at Storwize, Emulex, LSI and Samsung
DataDirect Networks, Inc. announced the appointment of industry veteran Rich Pappas as Vice President of OEM Sales. In this role, Pappas will oversee DDN's rapidly growing OEM business.
Rich Pappas brings over twenty-five years of experience in Enterprise OEM sales for a variety of technologies including storage systems, boards, ASIC's and software. Before joining DataDirect Networks in May 2010, Mr. Pappas was Vice President of Business Development for Storwize Inc., and prior to that he was Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Emulex Corporation's Embedded Storage Products (ESP) business unit. Mr. Pappas graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
"We are pleased to add someone with Rich's energy, industry knowledge and proven ability to scale an OEM business," said Paul Bloch, President, DDN. "Purpose-built DDN storage solutions are quickly becoming the global standard for managing the explosive growth of unstructured data. Rich will play an important role in enabling us to expand the market reach for our products by leveraging OEM relationships."
Pappas's addition comes as part of a corporate-wide growth plan driven by expanding market opportunities for the company.
"DDN offers revolutionary technology that is enabling major advancements in computing across the world," Pappas said. "The company's expanding product line has made DDN's patented technologies more accessible than ever before, and I look forward to helping DDN fully capitalize on its tremendous opportunity for expansion."
Rich Pappas brings over twenty-five years of experience in Enterprise OEM sales for a variety of technologies including storage systems, boards, ASIC's and software. Before joining DataDirect Networks in May 2010, Mr. Pappas was Vice President of Business Development for Storwize Inc., and prior to that he was Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Emulex Corporation's Embedded Storage Products (ESP) business unit. Mr. Pappas graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering."We are pleased to add someone with Rich's energy, industry knowledge and proven ability to scale an OEM business," said Paul Bloch, President, DDN. "Purpose-built DDN storage solutions are quickly becoming the global standard for managing the explosive growth of unstructured data. Rich will play an important role in enabling us to expand the market reach for our products by leveraging OEM relationships."
Pappas's addition comes as part of a corporate-wide growth plan driven by expanding market opportunities for the company.
"DDN offers revolutionary technology that is enabling major advancements in computing across the world," Pappas said. "The company's expanding product line has made DDN's patented technologies more accessible than ever before, and I look forward to helping DDN fully capitalize on its tremendous opportunity for expansion."
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