Peter Hayden Board’s Director, Virtensys

Virtensys, Ltd announced that Peter Hayden has joined its board of directors.  

Hayden co-founded EqualLogic in 2001 and served as its first CEO. He was with the company until its acquisition by Dell in 2008. Previously, Hayden was with Adaptec and held several engineering and management positions at Bell Labs and Digital Equipment Corporation.

"Virtensys’ momentum in the market has been tremendous, with strong customer and OEM tractions," said Peter Hayden. "Their innovative I/O virtualization appliances remove the I/O bottleneck and complexity that result from increasing server density and utilization. Consolidating and virtualizing I/O resources increase flexibility and lowers management complexity while reducing power consumption and costs. I am very pleased to be part of the company’s next growth phase."

"I am happy to announce the addition of Peter Hayden, an industry veteran and successful entrepreneur, to our board of directors," said John Nicholson, chairman of the board at Virtensys. "His decision to join Virtensys is another proof of the market opportunity and the success we are having today with OEMs and end-users across a variety of vertical market segments."