Eddie Bridgers Area VP Sales, Pivot3

Pivot3, Inc. announced that Eddie Bridgers has been named the company’s area VP sales.

He brings nearly 30 years of sales experience in the storage and software industry, most recently serving as director of sales for Hewlett-Packard’s storage division.

“Pivot3’s unique and innovative global hyper-converged technology can make massive reductions in cost and complexity for customers in their data centers,” said Bridgers. “I have been a part of companies like Pivot3 before, so I know the pattern and can recognize when a company is emerging as an important player in the IT market. I’ve enjoyed being a part of companies at this stage before they grow to massive success. I’m excited about what Pivot3 can do for customers and am eager to help the company grow.”

With a background in the IT industry, Bridgers helped drive healthy growth for 3PAR storage as VP, and then stayed after its acquisition to bolster success for Hewlett-Packard as sales director of the company’s storage division. It was in these sales leadership roles that he created a compelling vision for the IT infrastructure needs of businesses.

“Eddie Bridgers has the skills that you want in a senior sales executive – he understands technology and how to apply it to create the greatest business benefit for customers,” said Dan Keelan, EVP. “He is a great communicator who is well-respected by his customers and peers, and he will help Pivot3 accelerate our growth as we deliver our innovative technology.”

Earlier in his career, Bridgers was a leader in sales managementat Oracle, PeopleSoft and several emerging growth companies, taking those products and solutions to market in data centers worldwide. With an understanding of how to build agile teams, he connects with customers to provide them with the best solutions for their needs.

“We’re excited to have Eddie Bridgers as a part of our team,” said Ron Nash, CEO. “He has a record of leading breakthrough technology companies to great success and he’ll play a key role doing that for Pivot3. Our hyper-converged infrastructure offers customers superior benefits for their business needs versus what they can buy from the incumbent IT companies, and we’re building the right team at Pivot3 to further this momentum with recent hires from IBM, VMware, Dell and Hewlett-Packard. These talented people want to be part of the data center of the future and are eager to join us during this time of important growth.”