Kyle Wescoat SVP and CFO, Emulex

Emulex Corporation announced the next step in its transformation with the appointment of Kyle B. Wescoat as SVP and CFO, effective immediately.

In addition, he has also assumed the role of treasurer.

 Wescoat comes to Emulex with more than 25 years of CFO experience in a variety of private and public companies, including Orange County companies Vizio, VANS, and most recently, Skullcandy.

The company plans to leverage his leadership and extensive financial management experience to bring fresh ideas to the team and implement additional fiscal management processes that will help improve ROI on new and current product lines.

While Emulex is already a leader in the enterprise networking segment, Wescoat’s experience in building brand recognition for top consumer brands such as Vizio, VANS and Skullcandy, as well as his familiarity with cost and profit management in the high volume, low margin end of the consumer electronics business, will benefit Emulex in the evolving business and customer base transition that is already underway.

“Kyle brings with him strong leadership, teamwork and communication skills and I believe he has the right combination of strategic insight and solid financial execution experience needed to help us continue our transformation,” said Jeff Benck, president and CEO, Emulex. “I look forward to working with Kyle on transforming our position with current and new investors, improving our financial performance and building a stronger and more diversified company focused on growing shareholder value.”

“I want to thank Jeff and the board for the opportunity to join Emulex at this exciting and important time in its history,” said Wescoat, SVP and CFO, Emulex. “Emulex is a proven market leader and innovator, and is well positioned to adapt and take advantage of changing technology demands in the market segments we serve. I look forward to partnering with Jeff and the Emulex team as we continue to execute against both our recent restructuring initiatives as well as our longer-term strategic objectives.”

Wescoat holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University and a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He resides in Huntington Beach, CA and is active in the Orange County community. He is a member of the Hoag Hospital Irvine Advisory Board, chairman of the Hoag Hospital Foundation Healthcare Forum and is a past treasurer, audit committee chairman and member of the executive committee of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Orange County.

Benck concluded: “Lastly, we want to thank Mike Rockenbach, our former CFO, again for his contributions to Emulex over his long tenure with the company and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”