George Bennett Senior VP of WW Field Ops at Isilon

Isilon Systems announced that George Bennett has joined Isilon as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations to lead the company’s sales efforts amidst continued enterprise adoption of Isilon’s scale-out NAS solutions. Mr. Bennett will report directly to Isilon’s CEO, Sujal Patel, and will be responsible for Isilon’s global sales and customer service organizations. Prior to joining Isilon, Mr. Bennett most recently served as a Senior Vice President of Sales at Quantum Corp. and previously served as a Senior Vice President of sales at NetApp, where he was responsible for growing the Americas’ sales revenue from $600 Million in 2003 to more than $2 Billion in 2008. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Vice President of the Central Area for
NetApp, growing regional revenue 25 percent each year. Prior to NetApp,
George held executive sales positions at Data Race and Memorex Telex.
George holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science from
the State University of New York.

"With file-based data expected to account for 80 percent of storage capacity shipped by 2012, there is significant market opportunity for our innovative scale-out NAS solutions," said Sujal Patel, CEO, Isilon Systems. "George’s senior executive experience and proven ability to drive both the strategic and tactical elements of field sales, channel partnerships and strategic alliances for multi-billion dollar businesses will enable Isilon to maximize the tremendous opportunity we have before us."

"I am truly excited to be joining the Isilon team," said George Bennett. "Having been fortunate enough to help lead NetApp through a period of rapid growth and enterprise adoption, I see the same type of potential with Isilon’s scale-out NAS solutions. The technology clearly represents the next generation of enterprise data storage, delivering economic and business value that resonates across a wide range of vertical markets. I look forward to helping Isilon fully deliver on the promise that its technology holds."

Mr. Bennett replaces Steve Fitz, who served as Isilon’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales from April 2007 to April 2009.