Former Emulex President and COO Kirk Roller Joins Wasabi

Wasabi Systems announced that Kirk Roller has joined its ranks as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing.

Formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Emulex Corporation, Kirk’s extensive background in the storage industry helped put Emulex on the map while boosting Fibre Channel HBA revenues from $3M to over $400M. Kirk brings more than 20 years of executive management expertise to Wasabi’s executive team and is excited about the opportunities in the iSCSI market and is looking forward to partnering with leading resellers to reach a market that is presently growing over 100% each year.

"Kirk has been a mover and shaker in the Fibre Channel segment of the storage market and helped drive that technology into mainstream market acceptance," said Frank G. Logan, III, Wasabi’s President and CEO. "Kirk is well-known for his team building prowess and his creative approach to marketing and selling technical products in both the enterprise and SME channels. I feel strongly that he will bring the same level of results to Wasabi as we roll out our very exciting new iSCSI SAN road map."

"I was looking for an opportunity like Wasabi to help drive the next wave of the storage market," said Kirk. "I was impressed with the strategic vision, highly skilled and innovative engineering team and the product plans for 2008 and 2009.  Wasabi has clearly established itself as an innovator and supplier to leading OEMs like Apple, Brocade, EqualLogic, Intel and Sun Microsystems and now we are applying that same expertise to our own branded product line — the first elements of which we will announce within the next few weeks."

Prior to Emulex, Kirk held various sales and management positions with Compaq, Interconnections, and Thomas-Conrad. He is presently based in Wasabi’s newly opened Dallas sales office.

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