Acopia Networks Adds Industry Veterans Brendon Howe and Philip Scott to Management Team.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 Dynamic Switch Startup Lands Seasoned Executives to Run Its Marketing, Business Development and Sales Efforts Acopia Networks, Inc., a developer of Adaptive Resource Networking products, today announced the appointment of Brendon Howe as vice president of marketing and business development, and Philip Scott
Philip Campbell Scott (born November 14, 1974 in Perth) is a retired Scottish professional footballer. as vice president of sales. Howe will oversee Acopia's product management, corporate marketing and overall business development initiatives. Scott assumes responsibility for development and management of Acopia's worldwide sales organization. "Brendon and Phil bring years of demonstrated leadership and accomplishment to the Acopia team," said Christopher P. Lynch, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Acopia Networks. "Their depth of experience in the networking systems space, coupled with their leadership skills in building and leading marketing and sales organizations in entrepreneurial environments, will enable us to quickly and effectively achieve our business goals." Data Communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. Industry Veterans Howe joins Acopia with over 19 years experience in technology marketing, spanning a wide variety of products and market segments. Most recently, Howe was vice president of marketing at Trebia Networks, Inc., an early pioneer of storage network processors used for fiber channel and IP storage network connectivity. He has held various executive management positions with leaders in the data communications arena including Synernetics (acquired by 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. Corporation), and Indus River Indus River Trans-Himalayan river of southern Asia. It is one of the world's longest rivers, with a length of 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Its annual average flow of 272 billion cu yd (207 billion cu m) is twice that of the Nile. Networks (acquired by Enterasys). Scott joins Acopia with over 18 years experience in the selling of technology and networking products. Previously with Blue Coat Systems (formerly CacheFlow, Inc.), the company that originated caching appliances to improve Internet performance and end-user response time for enterprises, Scott held various executive sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a roles including vice president of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. sales and was most recently vice president of worldwide sales. Prior to CacheFlow, Scott was a general manager in the Lucent Technologies DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the Business Unit following the acquisition of Prominet Corporation. He has also held sales and management posts in high profile networking companies such as Ipsilon Networks, Bay Networks, Wellfleet Communications, Synoptics See Bay Networks. , 3Com and others. About Acopia Networks Acopia Networks is pioneering a new class of product, the Adaptive Resource Switch, which integrates technologies such as L4-7, server switching, file switching, and web service switching to uniquely deliver an on-demand network infrastructure. This solution empowers enterprises to "conserve, control, and adapt" their existing global IT infrastructures. The result is a dramatic reduction in storage and server capital expenditures as well as significant savings in operational costs. Adaptive Resource Switching aims to dramatically change the economics of today's distributed global infrastructures by significantly extending enterprises' existing investments in information resources and optimizing the delivery of, and access to, data stored worldwide. Acopia Networks was founded in January 2002, and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA. For more information, visit http://www.acopia.com/. Copyright 2003 Acopia Networks, Inc. Acopia is a trademark of Acopia Networks. All other brands, products, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of the companies with which they are associated. |
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