Shahar Bar-Or Chief Product Officer and GM of Israeli Operations, Infinidat

Infinidat Ltd announced that Shahar Bar-Or joins the company as chief product officer and GM of its Israeli operations.

Reporting to the COB, Boaz Chalamish, he will be responsible for R&D, quality assurance/validation, product innovations as well as operations and IT.

Data is the newest and most powerful currency in the world with storage, forming the bedrock of its potential. From the industrial through to the Internet, we are now amidst the third global revolution. To facilitate this data explosion, businesses need intelligent, targeted enterprise storage and IT solutions.

Chalamish, said: “In Shahar, we have exceptional talent to steer our product teams globally and at our Israeli HQs. He has the best mix of leadership skills, expertise, experience and drive to help Infinidat reach its ambitious growth targets and move forward in strategic innovation.”

Bar-Or, said: “I admire Infinidat’s focus on addressing enterprises’ pain points by developing scalable and reliable products, such as InfiniBox, which has the lowest TCO and offers flexible elastic pricing to democratise data. I’m looking forward to applying my experience and drive and accelerating this journey. Infinidat, with its industry-leading architecture and scalability, truly has a transformative vision for the market.”

Shahar Bar-Or joins from Western Digital, where he was VP of embedded engineering and Israel site leader for over 5 years. Prior to this, he was at SanDisk for nearly 9 years and has over 2 decades of leadership experience in the technology industry.