SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced that Molly
Rector has joined the company as vice president, marketing.
Rector brings more than 15 years of enterprise storage experience
to the role, including 12 years as a chief marketing officer — most
recently at DataDirect Networks (DDN), an HPC storage provider, and
previously at archive storage vendor Spectra Logic. Her appointment
comes as Quantum continues to expand its portfolio of scale-out
storage, data protection and archive solutions, providing a unique
combination of high performance, low-cost capacity and fast access
to meet increasing business demands.
"Molly has a deep understanding of customers, their workflows
and what it takes to address their evolving storage and data
management challenges," said Jon
Gacek, president and CEO of Quantum. "She also has a
demonstrated record of success in expanding market opportunities
and working closely with sales teams to drive profitable growth.
I'm excited about drawing on her extensive experience as we look to
build on our market momentum and deliver increased value to our
customers, partners and shareholders."
Just prior to joining Quantum, Rector spent nearly three years
at DDN as CMO and executive vice president of global marketing and
product management. During her tenure, she led the company's
successful expansion into five new vertical markets, helping to
increase the company's customer base by 14 percent a year and
contributing to its double-digit revenue growth.
Before DDN, from 2004 to 2014, Rector was CMO and executive vice
president of worldwide marketing and product management at Spectra
Logic, where she drove the company's strategy shift from a point
technology focus to a solution-centric approach and increased the
sales funnel by more than 40 percent. As part of an initiative to
expand Spectra Logic's market, she also founded the Active Archive
Alliance, an industry coalition formed to educate end users on the
evolving new technologies that enable reliable, online and
efficient access to archived data. She continues to serve on the
Alliance board, as well as the board of the Storage Networking
Industry Association.
"Having both competed against and partnered with Quantum over
the years, I know what a strong technology and product portfolio
the company has and how uniquely suited it is to meeting some of
the most difficult storage challenges organizations are facing,"
said Rector. "I look forward to bringing this message and the
benefits of Quantum's solutions to a broader range of customers and
working with the rest of the leadership team to achieve the
company's growth objectives."
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out storage, archive and
data protection, providing solutions for capturing, sharing and
preserving digital assets over the entire data lifecycle. From
small businesses to major enterprises, more than 100,000 customers
have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding data workflow
challenges. Quantum's end-to-end, tiered storage foundation enables
customers to maximize the value of their data by making it
accessible whenever and wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely
and reducing total cost and complexity. See how at
www.quantum.com/customerstories.
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statements relating to: 1) building on our market momentum and
delivering increased value to our customers, partners and
shareholders; 2) how uniquely suited the Company is to meeting some
of the most difficult storage challenges organizations are facing;
and 3) Ms. Rector's plans to bring this message and the benefits of
Quantum's solutions to a broader range of customers and to work
with the rest of the leadership team to achieve the company's
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Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
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5, 2016 and in Quantum's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
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Public Relations Contact:
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Quantum Corp.
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