David Morris VP Global Product Strategy and Marketing, FalconStor

FalconStor Software, Inc. appointed David Morris to its global executive team as VP of global product strategy and marketing.

He will manage an international team of product development and marketing professionals to capitalize on emerging storage and data management opportunities by leveraging FalconStor’s products, its trove of IP, and its capacity for innovation.

He has spent 25 years developing and delivering compute, networking, storage, and data management products and services. His expertise includes developing new technology strategies and creating new products to help enterprise and start-up companies maneuver through market shifts. Before FalconStor, he most recently worked in the emerging container virtualization market as VP of strategy and marketing. He has also served in various senior strategy, product development, and marketing positions at EMC, VMware, Pillar Data, and Huawei. His successes include creating the high-performance NAS market, conceiving the tier-3 utility storage market, and pivoting into the emerging enterprise eDiscovery market.

“We are delighted to add David to our executive team as we position the company to deliver new capabilities, products, and services. His proven market insights will help drive FalconStor’s high-growth strategy and expand our industry leadership,” said Todd Brooks, CEO, FalconStor. “David has an excellent track record and broad experience in both startup and F500 companies for consistently finding and developing new markets and cutting-edge products. With a long history of providing the best data management solutions, FalconStor will continue to drive innovation with David’s contributions.”

“I’m pleased to join FalconStor at this important junction in the company’s history,” said Morris. “Throughout my career, I have been a FalconStor customer, partner, and competitor. I have a great appreciation and respect for its visionary products, market foresight, and the enthusiastic customer loyalty that they have consistently generated. The company has always been an ingenious innovator in the data management market, and I look forward to working with such a great team.”

He holds graduated degrees in finance, engineering, and marketing from Columbia University, George Washington University, and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively, as well as a degree in physics from Auburn University.