Liz King Chief Revenue Officer, Quantum

Quantum Corp. announced that Elizabeth (Liz) King has joined the company as chief revenue officer.

She brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, with leadership positions spanning enterprise, public sector and telecom industries in over 30 countries. A veteran in the information technology market, she has held key executive leadership roles in sales, general management, product management, services, marketing, supply chain and operations on a global scale.

“Liz has been successful at seizing market opportunities and driving sales teams to achieve profitable revenue growth for some of the most respected companies in Silicon Valley,” said Jamie Lerner, president and CEO. “She has a deep understanding of datacenter infrastructure – including servers, storage, networking, software, and as-a-service offerings – in addition to systems integration, HPC, data analytics and complex public sector projects. It speaks volumes that Quantum is attracting this caliber of talent and I’m delighted that we’ll have her extensive experience to accelerate Quantum’s transformation and bring our solutions to customers worldwide.”

King previously held the role of SVP, SGI WW sales for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which she joined when the company acquired Silicon Graphics International (SGI) in 2016. Prior to SGI she was VP of strategic alliances for IBM and global systems integrators at Juniper Networks. Before Juniper, she was VP and GM of the Hitachi server group of Hitachi Data Systems where she was responsible for sales, marketing, operations and customer delivery of servers and solutions.

She was previously with Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), serving as VP, strategic alliances and new business development, global sales. In that role she built ALU’s global relationships and drove incremental sales with strategic alliance partners, achieving growth in new and existing markets including enterprise, public sector and regional mobility networks. She also held key senior worldwide sales and business development roles at Sun Microsystems, Raytheon, and Texas Instruments.

She earned a MBA in management from the University of Dallas and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University.

“Quantum touches people’s lives every day in surprising ways. Some of the world’s largest brands create and protect on Quantum – it’s there behind your favorite television show and supporting the development of the safest self-driving vehicles or the latest medical advances,” said King. “I’m excited about the potential I see to extend the company’s reach, and to touch society in so many impactful ways.”

Inducement Grant
In connection with King’s appointment, Quantum has agreed to make future grants of equity outside of Quantum’s shareholder-approved equity incentive plans, as inducements material to King’s entering into employment with Quantum. This inducement award, which is subject to approval by the independent directors who serve as the Leadership and Compensation Committee of Quantum’s board of directors, consists of a total of 300,000 stock units, half of which are time-based and the other half performance-based. 33% of the time-based grants will vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to her continued employment. In the event she is involuntarily terminated before February 1, 2020, she will receive six months of accelerated vesting for her outstanding RSUs.