Ed Filippine GM of the Americas at Acronis

Former EMC VP of Americas inside sales division

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on November 11, 2009 at 5:57 pm

Acronis, Inc. has hired Ed Filippine as General Manager of the Americas.

Ed Filippine

Building on its strong third quarter consumer (Acronis True Image Home 2010) and enterprise (Acronis Backup & Recovery 10) product launches, Acronis added Filippine to oversee sales in North and South America. Filippine will report to Chief Operating Officer Helmut Heptner.

"Ed Filippine brings a distinguished track record in sales of both software and services," said Heptner. "His global growth expertise will be a tremendous asset for Acronis in 2010 and beyond."

Prior to Acronis, Filippine was Vice President, Americas Inside Sales Division at EMC Corp. He also served as a regional manager at WorldCom and the national director/sales & operations for Boston Telecommunications Co.