Igor Saulsky Executive VP of WW Sales at PHD Technologies

PHD Technologies, provider of the esXPRESS data protection solution for virtualized infrastructures, announced the addition of Igor Saulsky as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Saulsky brings more than two and a half decades of software product and corporate sales experience to lead the company’s global sales efforts. Saulsky will continue to build upon PHD Technologies’ strong commitment to esXPRESS’ global customers and distribution partners.

"There is increasing adoption of esXPRESS and we wanted to bring in a seasoned sales executive to further drive worldwide enterprise usage," said Sridhar Murthy, Chief executive officer, PHD Technologies. "Under Igor’s leadership we intend to develop richer sales programs and dedicate more resources to satisfying the diverse needs of our resellers and customers."

As part of his more than twenty-five years of technology sales experience, Saulsky spent nine years at Symantec/Veritas Software, during which time the company’s sales grew from $70 million to $2 billion. Saulsky held a variety of instrumental sales roles, including managing the worldwide sales launch of Veritas’ Storage Virtualization and Computing Utility solutions, and leading the Symantec/Veritas sales integration in the New York region.

More recently, Saulsky led sales organizations at Ingres and Quest Software, where he was responsible for recruiting, training, and managing regional enterprise sales teams. He joins PHD Technologies from Sunpower Corporation where he engaged Fortune 500 customers to develop large-scale solar power projects.

"I am excited to be joining a company with a product as strong as esXPRESS," said Igor Saulsky. "All enterprises with virtual infrastructure would benefit from using esXPRESS to manage their data protection programs and my goal is to work closely with our distribution partners to ensure our customers receive the highest value from PHD Technologies."