SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced the expansion of its Executive
Leadership Team with the appointment of Brian Pawlowski as Chief Development Officer,
alongside two senior executives to accelerate Quantum's
software-defined infrastructure and international growth. A
technology industry legend with more than 35 years of technical
development and leadership experience, Pawlowski will drive
excellence in software innovation as Quantum advances on its goal
to be the leader in video and unstructured data solutions.
"Quantum's transformation requires solving our customers' most
pressing business problems and delivering hybrid multi-cloud
software innovation," said Jamie
Lerner, President and CEO at Quantum. "Brian's track record
in building technologies and leading teams in high-growth
environments will be critical to our success in achieving these
goals."
Innovation excellence
Pawlowski is a pioneer and distinguished technologist who joins
Quantum from DriveScale, where he was CTO. Prior to that, he was
vice president and chief architect at Pure Storage, where he
focused on improving the user experience for the all-flash storage
platform provider's rapidly growing customer base. He was also the
18th employee at NetApp, where he played a key role in
the company's expansion over nearly two decades in various roles
including Head of Software Development and CTO.
Pawlowski began his career as a software engineer for companies
like Sun Microsystems, where he drove the technical analysis on
alternate file systems technologies and was the co-architect of the
Network File System (NFS) protocol. He is the co-chair of the NFS
Working Group at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and has
served on the board of trustees for the Anita Borg Institute for
Women and Technology, and as a board member at the Linux
Foundation.
"As Quantum strives to be the leader in video and unstructured
data, I'll be focused on building synergies across our general
business units, driving hybrid multi-cloud data management
solutions, expanding our software download strategy, and
simplifying our products for ease of customer use," said
Pawlowski.
Software-defined infrastructure and international
expansion
To drive cloud software strategy, develop deeper analytics and
data enrichment capabilities for customers, and expand data
services, Quantum has created a new Cloud Software & Analytics
business unit headed by Dave Clack,
who joins as General Manager following Quantum's recent acquisition
of Square Box Systems, Ltd. Dave has advised several startups
and established businesses on marketing, strategy, and growth
across a range of industries, including household names like
McAfee, Deutsche Bank, Rolls Royce, Ford, and HSBC.
As part of its mission to become a truly global company, Quantum
is focused on developing and supporting solutions for the expansive
Asia Pacific market, in
Asia Pacific, appointing long-term
Quantum leader Jim Simon as its new
Malaysia site leader. Simon will
continue to grow and develop operations at the Kuala Lumpur office, serving the unique needs
of the local markets, having held several business development
and marketing roles at Quantum since 1998. Based in
Singapore since 2004, he brings a deep understanding of the
Asia Pacific region.
About Quantum
Quantum technology and services help customers capture, create
and share digital content – and preserve and protect it for
decades. With solutions built for every stage of the data
lifecycle, Quantum's platforms provide the fastest performance for
high-resolution video, images, and industrial IoT. That's why
the world's leading entertainment companies, sports franchises,
researchers, government agencies, enterprises, and cloud providers
are making the world happier, safer, and smarter on Quantum.
Quantum is listed on Nasdaq (QMCO) and was added to the Russell
2000® Index in 2020. For more information visit
www.quantum.com/
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements.
Quantum advises caution in reliance on forward-looking statements.
If the risks or uncertainties ever materialize or the assumptions
prove incorrect, the results of Quantum Corporation and its
consolidated subsidiaries ("Quantum") may differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and
assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical
fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking
statements, including but not limited to statements about the
addition of Messrs. Pawlowski, Clack and Mr. Simon to accelerate
Quantum's software defined infrastructure and international
growth. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the
risks related to the successful integration of the new leaders
and their respective strategies, the success of the Company's
investments in the APAC market, the impact of Covid-19 on these
initiatives and our business and other risks that are described in
the "Risk Factors" in Quantum's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Committee on June
24, 2020. Quantum expressly disclaims any obligation to
update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required
by applicable law.
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