Dr. Edward H. Frank Board’s Director, Fusion-io

Fusion-io, Inc. announced that its board of directors has appointed Dr. Edward H. Frank, 56, to the board of directors, effective October 21, 2013.

He recently retired as VP of Macintosh Hardware Systems Engineering at Apple, Inc.

He holds over 50 U.S. patents and is a life trustee of Carnegie Mellon University.

“Ed’s extensive technology and industry expertise make him a strong addition to our board of directors as we execute on our strategies to scale our success,” said Shane Robison, chairman and CEO, Fusion-io. “His experience in creating revolutionary technology that defines the industry standard across global markets will provide valuable guidance as we extend our leadership in helping our customers transform information into opportunity.”

“Fusion-io is a visionary company in the use of flash memory technology to solve today’s IT challenges,” said Frank. “I look forward to helping the team extend its leadership through an industry transition that is just beginning to reshape the datacenter.”

Frank was formerly VP of R&D at Broadcom, where he was responsible for Broadcom’s overall engineering execution and played a key role in corporate business and IP strategy. He also held positions at Sun Microsystems and was a founder of Epigram, Inc. which was acquired by Broadcom, and co-founder of NeTpower, Inc.

He holds B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.