Todd Palmer Head of WW Sales for Endace Division, Emulex

Emulex Corporation announced the appointment of Todd Palmer as head of worldwide sales for the company’s Endace division.

 Palmer brings more than a decade of experience from NetApp and Computer Associates in building and executing multi-channel go-to-market strategies to grow market share, achieve profit goals and accelerate growth.

"Todd Palmer brings a tremendous amount of experience with enterprise systems and network management sales that will be essential to the growth of the burgeoning Endace division," said Mike Riley, SVP and GM, Endace division, Emulex. "Appointing Todd Palmer reinforces our commitment to building the strength of our channel and end user-focused go-to-market model for the Endace division of Emulex."

Palmer is responsible for driving worldwide sales of the Endace division and will have a particular focus on growing channel go-to-market strength, through channel expansion initiatives and new incentive programs.

"The growth of channel sales for the Endace division is critical to our future success," said Palmer. "I am committed to expanding the end user influence and channel go-to-market strategy for the Endace division organically, in addition to leveraging existing relationships that Emulex has as part of its I/O connectivity product sales."

Most recently, Palmer served as the VP of channel sales at NetApp, focused on channel enablement and initiatives to drive growth for NetApp and their partners. Prior to NetApp, he worked at CA as the VP of the WW channel marketing and partner program and in varioussales managerial roles.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and marketing from the University of Arizona.