sTec Expands Its Global Presence with Asia-Pacific Appointments: New Regional Senior Vice President; Managing Directors in Japa
June 04 2013 - 9:00AM
sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state
storage solutions, today announced a major expansion to its
Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations through three key additions to its
regional sales and support team. Michael Burnie joins the company
as senior vice president of sales for APAC, while Shigeo Kimura and
George Thomas become country managers for Japan and India,
respectively.
Kimura and Thomas report directly to Burnie, who is based in the
sTec® Malaysia office. Combined, the three new additions bring more
than a half-century of sales, marketing and management experience
in the enterprise-storage industry, and are focused on enabling
sTec to meeting the growing regional demands for its solid-state
storage solutions.
Burnie has over 25 years of enterprise-storage experience and
was formerly vice president and general manager of APAC operations
with Isilon Systems, a specialist in clustered storage and data
management. Previously he was with NetApp, where he served as
managing director for that company's Australia, Southeast Asia and
India operations. Prior to NetApp, he was managing director for
APAC at EMC, after having served in the same capacity with that
company's Australia-New Zealand operations.
Kimura comes to sTec from APC Japan, a provider of data center
solutions where he was executive vice president of sales. Prior to
APC Japan, he was senior director of the semiconductors division at
Philips Japan, after having served in various sales management
positions with Dell, in Japan. Kimura has previously held sales and
marketing positions at VeriFone Japan, EMC Japan, CLC Corp., and
Jardine Matheson & Co.
Thomas brings to sTec nearly two decades of experience in the IT
industry. He was most recently a director at Rivendale Software,
focused on enterprise information protection. He was
previously country manager for India and the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at Tibco Software,
after serving as managing director for India and SAARC at
NetApp. Prior to NetApp, Thomas held sales and management
positions at Apara Enterprise Solutions, PCS Industries, Zenith
Computers, and India Telecomp.
"We've had great success in APAC over the years developing
relationships with many of the region's top enterprise-systems
players," said Nader Milani, managing director of sTec
Malaysia. "With the additional focus and capable team of
Shigeo and George, led by Michael, we'll be well poised to further
build on our success throughout the region."
About sTec, Inc.
sTec, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class,
solid-state storage solutions designed for the ever-growing
performance, reliability and endurance requirements of today's
advanced data centers. The industry's first company to deploy
solid-state drives (SSDs) into large-scale enterprise environments,
sTec offers the industry's widest range of solid-state storage
solutions, which protect critical information for major business
and government organizations worldwide. Headquartered in Santa Ana,
California, sTec also serves the embedded and military/aerospace
markets with SSDs for industrial and rugged environments. For more
information, visit www.stec-inc.com.
sTec and the sTec logo are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of sTec, Inc. in the United States and certain other
countries. All other trademarks or brand names referred to
herein are the property of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties,
including those statements concerning the growing Asia-Pacific
regional demands for solid-state storage solutions; the continuing
growth of sTec's success throughout the Asia-Pacific region; and
the expected increase in sTec sales as a result of hiring Messrs.
Burnie, Kimura and Thomas. Such forward-looking statements are
based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and
uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change
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materially from current expectations. Important factors that could
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by sTec, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its
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CONTACT: Jerry Steach
Director, Public Relations
sTec, Inc.
+1 (415) 222-9996
jsteach@stec-inc.com
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