Mark Christensen, Board’s Director, Virtensys

Virtensys, Ltd announced that Mark Christensen, a former Intel executive and technology veteran, has joined its board of directors.

Christensen held various engineering and executive positions at Intel Corporation during his 23-year tenure there. He was also responsible for managing Intel Capital‘s investments in mobile devices and communications infrastructure. In 2005, Christensen founded Global Capital Management, a consulting company for technology startup companies. Mark holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Oregon.
 
"I am impressed with the market opportunity for I/O virtualization and with the way the company is solving real customer problems today," said Mark Christensen. "Virtensys’ products optimize server networking and storage connectivity and act as a catalyst to the next-generation green IT data centers. Customers are deploying the VIO-4000 I/O virtualization switches today without making any changes to their existing data center infrastructures and can immediately benefit from the flexibility and significant power and cost-savings that they bring. I am very happy to be able to contribute to the success of the company."
 
"I am pleased to announce the addition of Mark Christensen to our board of directors," said John Nicholson, chairman of the board at Virtensys. "His combined engineering, business development, and venture capital expertise will be valuable in helping our company reach its goals."