Mark Lewis From Acting CEO to CEO, Violin

Violin Systems LLC announced that CEO and president Ebrahim Abbasi will leave the company May 15 to continue focusing on his complete recovery from health issues. 

Current executive chairman and acting CEO Mark Lewis moves to full-time chairman and CEO in Abbasi’s place.
 

Abbasi has worked for Violin for the past 5 years, having served as COO before being named CEO in April 2017. His vision and hard work through challenging times reenergized the company.   

Lewis, an industry veteran of enterprise storage and software assumed the day-to-day duties of interim CEO upon Abbasi’s medical leave.
 
“We thank Ebrahim for all he has done for Violin and fully support him focusing on full recovery so that we can collaborate with him again. I look forward to carrying on the momentum that has been re-ignited here at Violin and the continuing success our entire team has had in helping customers with their extreme-performance storage needs,” said Lewis.
 
Through his more than 30-year career, Lewis has leveraged his experience in driving storage and software solutions adopted by some of the largest enterprises in the world to grow several new businesses to more than $250 million in revenue, using acquisitions to transform existing businesses and managing several multi-billion-dollar product divisions at company’s such as EMC, Compaq and others. 

He joined Violin as executive chairman in March 2018.  

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