Mark Delsman VP of Engineering, FalconStor

FalconStor Software, Inc. appointed Mark Delsman as VP of engineering and a member of the company’s global executive team.

He has spent his three-decade career working in storage and data management. He is renowned for consistently building and leading multinational engineering teams that deliver innovative solutions, including several that have qualified with tier 1 OEMs.

At FalconStor, he will manage an international team of engineers and software developers in continually evolving the company’s products to meet customers’ changing needs. These products include FalconStor’s FreeStor, a complete and easy-to-use platform designed for a world of proliferating data, increasingly complex IT environments and a growing spectrum of data management use cases.

“We are elated to bring Mark on board, especially at this important juncture in FalconStor’s history – as we re-energize and reposition the company for more growth and ongoing industry leadership,” said Todd Brooks, CEO. “Mark has vast and unmatched, relevant experience and expertise, tremendous foresight and a proven ability to consistently develop outstanding products. FalconStor has long offered the best data management solutions and they will only get better with Mark at the helm.”

Delsman is experienced in helping enterprises navigate through major corporate transitions. Most recently prior to FalconStor, he worked in the flash memory segment of the industry, serving as VP and SVP for SSD start-ups undergoing acquisitions by and integrations with i.e., OCZ/Toshiba, Virident/Western Digital and Pliant Technology/SanDisk.

Additionally, he has served in various senior software engineering and technology roles at Adaptec and NetApp. During his tenure at NetApp, the company ramped to more than 2,500 customers and 10,000 systems in the first year of shipping its deduplication product – the fastest adoption of new technology in the organization’s history.

He holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

“I’m thrilled to join FalconStor because it has always been and continues to be a visionary in data management,” said Delsman. “The company is the best at understanding not only how enterprises use data today, but how they will use it in the future and what types of total solutions – not just components – they require to address significant business challenges.”

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