Ralph Spagnola VP of Sales at Buffalo
Formerly senior VP of WW sales at Motion Computing
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on June 1, 2009 at 4:16 pmBuffalo Technology (USA), Inc. announced that Ralph Spagnola has joined the company as vice president of sales.
As vice president, Spagnola will be responsible for managing and scaling Buffalo’s growing North and South American sales operations.
"With this strategic hire, we have strengthened the senior leadership of Buffalo Technology to help address the diverse and dynamic markets of the Americas," said Takayuki Nishioka, CEO of Buffalo Technology, USA. "Mr. Spagnola’s expansive technology background and customer relationship skills will benefit Buffalo Technology as he focuses on the alignment of key markets, strengthening our strategic relationships, and driving market share and distribution strategies."
Prior to joining Buffalo Technology, Ralph Spagnola was senior vice president of worldwide sales at Motion Computing from the company’s inception in 2002 through March of 2008. In his role, he led Motion’s sales and business development efforts from initial start up to a successful provider of mobile computing solutions. Mr. Spagnola built a robust reseller channel, expanded sales to Europe and Asia and grew Motion to become #1 in the world in slate tablet PCs.
Previously, Spagnola was an executive at Dell Inc. for 10 years where he served as VP of Sales, Large Corporate Accounts; VP, Eastern Area as well as various other sales and management positions.
Prior to joining Dell, Spagnola held various sales and marketing positions with Wang Laboratories and NCR.
Spagnola earned a master’s of business administration in finance from
Fordham University and a bachelor’s in business administration from
Seton Hall University.