Mick Bradley, EMEA MD, Violin Memory

Violin Memory, Inc.www.vmem.com announced Mick Bradley as MD of EMEA.

He will lead regional market awareness and go-to-market strategies for Violin’s entire portfolio of memory-based storage solutions.

“The data centre is changing, and Violin is at the forefront of this transformation. Our mission is to lower the cost of business transactions in the shortest amount of time so companies can make mission-critical decisions in real-time,” he said. “I’m excited to continue driving Violin’s mission across EMEA.”

Bradley has more than three decades of engineering and IT industry leadership experience spanning senior client positions, IT start-ups and large enterprise businesses. He has a track record of developing successful teams and profitable businesses. Most recently he served as VP of operations at Violin EMEA, senior director of EMEA storage consulting at Hewlett Packard, COO at CopperEye and SVP of global services at COPAN Systems. Prior to these roles, he was VP technology services EMEA at Pillar Data Systems. He also held several senior management positions at both EMC Corporation and Electronic Data Systems.

“Bradley’s proven track record with leading high-growth companies, introducing products into new markets and developing successful teams is a great asset to the team,” said Don Basile, CEO, Violin Memory.