Brian Bell President and COO, Code 42

Code 42 Software Inc., developer of onsite, offsite and online backup solutions for consumers, businesses and the enterprise, announced the appointment of Brian Bell as president and COO.

 He brings years of experience within the storage industry and will be responsible for expanding sales globally as well as scaling operations and services.

"Brian’s experience driving enterprise storage sales speaks for itself," said Matthew Dornquast, co-founder and CEO, Code 42 Software. "His industry knowledge and recognized leadership will allow us to further accelerate the pace of our global expansion. We are very happy to have him on the team."

Prior to joining Code 42 Software, Bell served as executive director, Americas sales, enterprise storage at Dell. Before that, he was VP of global sales at Compellent Technologies, which was acquired by Dell for $960 million. He also served an executive at StorageNetworks and was a captain/F-16 pilot in the United States Air Force.

"The Code 42 Software team has built an incredibly successful backup solution that seamlessly scales from consumers to the enterprise," said Bell. "There are great things on the horizon for Code 42. The company’s $52.5 million round of funding, the Consumerization of IT and the emergence of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) have the company poised for even more aggressive growth."