Alex Tan VP AsiaPac and Japan, QLogic

QLogic Corp. announced the appointment of Alex Tan to VP of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).

Tan brings to QLogic a record of developing go-to-market strategies for high tech companies such as Oracle and Quantum in the Asia Pacific region. With more than 22 years of sales and management experience, he is poised to build on QLogic’s momentum with key OEMs and cloud computing partners in the fastest growing economy.
 
Tan will be responsible for increasing QLogic’s growing presence and revenues across APJ, collaborating with OEM and channel partners to develop and implement go-to-market strategies, and securing new business opportunities in the emerging 16Gb FC, converged networking and 10GbE markets.

He will report to Rob Crawford, SVP of worldwide sales, QLogic.
 
"QLogic is seeing significant growth in the APJ region, which makes it a primary focus for continued investment," said Crawford. "Alex comes to us with more than two decades of experience running successful, revenue-generating programs in APJ, which will be highly valuable in our efforts to accelerate our business with current go-to-market partners and fortify growing OEM relationships in the region."
 
Commenting from his office in Singapore on his appointment, Tan said: "QLogic is gaining a great deal of traction with its Adaptive Convergence strategy around the globe. With arguably the most versatile product portfolio in the industry, QLogic provides the flexibility to power 16Gb FC or 10Gb Ethernet converged networks from the same hardware. I look forward to creating a greater market presence in APJ for QLogic’s highly compelling suite of networking adapters, switches and routers."
 
Prior to joining QLogic, Tan served at Oracle as senior director, strategy and GTM, Japan/AsiaPacific. While at Oracle, he was responsible for defining and driving a disciplined sales and product go-to-market strategy. Prior to Oracle, he was regional director of Asia Pacific Sales at UPEK (now AuthenTec) where he increased the adoption of the company’s biometric security solutions across the industry. Before UPEK, Tan held positions as regional director, strategic accounts and managing director, DLT business for Quantum’s Asia Pacific division.