Mike Klayko Board Advisor, Skyera

Skyera Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Klayko to its Advisory Board.

 The former CEO of Brocade Communications will advise the company as it increases its focus and sales efforts on the FC market.

He has more than 35 years of experience in the storage, computer and telecommunications industry. He is currently CEO of MKA Capital LLC, an investment company focusing on in high potential growth technology companies. In addition to his heading up Brocade, Klayko’s previous experience includes executive positions at Rhapsody Networks (CEO), McData (EVP), EMC (SVP sales), HP and IBM.

He becomes the fourth member of the Skyera Advisory Board, joining former SAP chief scientist Ike Nassi and electrical engineering academics Tong Zhang and Ken Takeuchi.

"FC is the protocol of choice within the enterprise storage community because of its performance, reliability and interoperability and it has always been our goal to bring to market a HA, active-active controller solution that can leverage protocols such as FC or iSCSI," said Radoslav Danilak, CEO and co-founder, Skyera. "Michael offers a unique perspective since he helped drive innovation, adoption and the ecosystem for FC solutions, leading his former company to become and to remain the undisputed market leader. As a member of Skyera’s Advisory Board, we believe Michael will ensure that we are providing solutions that maximize customer value from their enterprise storage system."