Jack McDonnell CEO, Calpont

Calpont Corporation, provider of high-performance analytic data platforms, announced the appointment of Jack McDonnell as CEO.

McDonnell is an original investor in the company and also currently serves as chairman.

“We are excited about the new technology and licensing developments at Calpont and the market opportunities in the big data analytics’ space. Today’s announcements of InfiniDB 4, InfiniDB for the Cloud, and our new licensing are a few in a series of products that are positioned to make a big impact,” said Jack McDonnell, chairman and CEO, Calpont. “The Calpont team is committed, has delivered a series of revolutionary technology platforms, and is working closely with our valued customers and partners to deliver new innovations that will continue to define big data analytics.”

McDonnell is a technology industry veteran who has led several start-up and technology ventures. He is most widely associated with more than 20 years as a founder and CEO of McDATA, a communications equipment manufacturer that was a cluster controller, data switch and SANing pioneer. Other positions include serving as CEO at Crosswalk, a storage networking software company, and his executive roles prior to McDATA at Storage Technology Corporation and Computer Communications Inc.