Bill Chambers Board’s Director, Avere Systems

Former LeftHand Networks founder Bill Chambers has joined its Board of Directors as an independent board member.

 Chambers has held management positions in a number of high tech startups and Fortune 500 companies, including serving as vice president of the LeftHand Networks Division of the HP StorageWorks organization. He was the founder, president and CEO of LeftHand Networks prior to its acquisition by HP, leading the company through three rounds of successful venture financing and development of the storage industry’s first IP SAN solution.

Previous leadership roles included being president and CEO of GE Fanuc Asia Pacific, a joint venture between General Electric Inc. and Fanuc Ltd. of Japan, and sales management positions at Texas Instruments. Chambers also serves on the Board of Directors at SolidFire, a provider of all-SSD primary storage systems for cloud service providers.

"As a recognized leader in the storage industry, having Bill join our Board of Directors gives Avere access to a rich depth of knowledge on which to draw as we expand our market footprint," said Ron Bianchini, Avere Systems President and CEO. "We look forward to his contributions towards our future growth."