Michael White Director of Product Management, Storage, DataGravity

DataGravity, Inc., an early-stage company with a mission to turn data into information, has appointed Michael White as its director of product management focused on storage.

 White, who has nearly three decades of experience in product design, virtualization, BC and DR, comes to DataGravity from VMware, where he most recently served as one of the company’s integration architects. While at VMware, he worked with customers, developers and product managers to engineer solutions that addressed customer needs.
 
In his role at DataGravity, he will focus on storage and application integration. He will also provide day-to-day support for customers involved in the company’s Early Access Program, an initiative that is informing the development of DataGravity solutions. In this position, he will collaborate with the director of product management, intelligence to ensure that the company’s technology helps businesses get the information they need from the vast amounts of data they create and store.
 
“Michael White is not only an accomplished product architect with deep roots in the data arena, but he has also spent much of his recent career as a liaison between customers and designers,” said John Joseph, DataGravity president and co-founder. “Because Michael understands what it takes to design and build solutions that solve tough data problems and exceed customer expectations, he’ll be a key asset to our growing team.“
 
Prior to joining VMware in 2006, White held technical leadership roles at several companies, including ComputerLand Canada, Encor and Metafore. His dozens of technical certifications include several from the SANS Institute, VMware, Lotus and Novell. He is a frequent presenter on BC and DR at VMworld, VMware Partner Exchange and EMC World.

He studied at Grant MacEwan Community College, where he earned a diploma in microcomputer management.