William BJ Jenkins Board’s Director, Nimble Storage

Nimble Storage, Inc. announced that William Jenkins has joined the company’s board of directors and will serve as a member of the audit committee.

A 18-year IT industry veteran, currently serves as president, CEO, and board member of Barracuda Networks. Prior to that, he served in a range of executive assignments at EMC through a period of growth and expansion from 1998 to 2012.
 
“It’s an exciting time to be in the storage business as innovation thrives and new industry leaders emerge like Nimble Storage,” said Jenkins, president and CEO, Barracuda. “Nimble is well positioned to move up market into the enterprise and seize its fair share of the $22 billion total addressable market. I look forward to serving on the board and working closely with the executive team to drive continued growth and momentum through next phase of the company’s expansion.”

William BJ Jenkins, 49, has served as president, CEO and board member of Barracuda Networks since November 2012. Previously, he served as president of EMC‘s backup recovery systems (BRS) division. He originally joined EMC in 1998 and served in a range of executive assignments that included: chief of staff for the BRS division; SVP of global marketing; VP of telecom, media and entertainment and outsourcing sales; VP of global field marketing; and director of operations and global channels.

He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he earned a B.S. degree in general engineering, and he later went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.

“It is with great pleasure that I welcome BJ to the Nimble Storage board of directors,” said Suresh Vasudevan, CEO, Nimble. “As a seasoned and talented industry executive, BJ is uniquely experienced to work with us as we continue to execute an aggressive vision to deliver the industry’s most efficient flash storage platform and double down on our sales and channel routes-to-market to accelerate customer acquisition in the enterprise and cloud service provider segments of the market.“