Mario Werner DACH Country Manager, Actifio

Actifio, Inc. announced two industry veterans, Larry Irvin and Mario Werner, to the management team.

The new additions bring management, sales and enterprise technology experience, building on the company’s growth.

Mario Werner joins Actifio as country manager Germany to lead sales and marketing for the DACH region. Bringing more than 20 years of software executive leadership experience, he will lead the charge to bring Data-as-a-Service to more customers and partners throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland expanding reach in Europe. Prior to Actifio, he served as director of sales and operations, CEMEA, at Catalogic. Other previous roles include senior manager of data protection of EMEA and senior manager of data protection sales of Northern and Central Europe at Syncsort. Since early 2016, he also acts as managing partner at Glanzberg Genusswerkstatt, an online shop for fine wines. He also formerly formerly for Pillar Data Systems ad Atempo.

Larry A. Irvin, who previously served as director of U.S. sales at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, joins as regional VP sales, Northeast. He brings local management experience and executive relationships to Actifio, having served as district sales manager at Hewlett Packard, before becoming director of U.S. sales. He also served at CommVault and Sun Microsystems.

“Our mission is to deliver extraordinary business results to our customers,” Ash Ashutosh, founder and CEO, Actifio. “Investing in the caliber of people we’re announcing today is key to realizing that mission. They bring new ideas and unique experiences to the table, along with the values all Actifians share: customer-first, accountability, respect for the individual, and excellence in all we do. I am thrilled to welcome Mario and Larry to our team to fuel our continued global expansion.”