George Symons Chief Strategy Officer, Nexsan

Nexsan Corporation has appointed George Symons as chief strategy officer.

 A seasoned storage industry veteran, Symons will be responsible for developing the long-term corporate and market strategy as the company continues its trajectory, especially in the area of hybrid unified storage.

"George brings a wealth of experience and strategic vision to Nexsan," said Philip Black, CEO, Nexsan. "He will further strengthen our executive team by helping to align our product road map with customer requirements, enhancing strategic partnerships and analyzing market opportunities. His guidance and expertise will be an invaluable asset to us as we magnify our presence in the marketplace."

Reporting to Black, Symons will be responsible for the company’s planning, corporate direction on innovation and strategic partner relationships.

He has held successive leadership positions in a number of storage vendor organizations. Prior to joining Nexsan, he was chief strategy officer at Solix Technologies. He has also served as COO for X-IO/Xiotech, CEO for Evostor Inc., CEO for Yosemite Technologies, CTO, Information Management at EMC Corporation, and CTO at Legato Systems, Inc.

Symons holds bachelor degrees from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from UCLA.

"Nexsan is at a pivotal point in its corporate evolution," said Symons. "With its successful traditional high capacity storage solutions complemented by truly innovative Hybrid Unified Storage technology that is ideal for the exploding virtual and cloud-based computing industry, Nexsan has a solid opportunity for exponential growth. I am pleased to be joining a company so ripe with future opportunity and look forward to being a part of its continued success."