Auspex Appoints Sales Vice Presidents to Turnaround Team.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 J. Michael Carrigan, Michael J. Sutkowski and Thomas S. Garofalo Head U.S., Canada, Latin America & Asia Pacific Sales Teams Auspex aus·pex n. pl. aus·pi·ces An augur of ancient Rome, especially one who interpreted omens derived from the observation of birds. [Latin; see auspice.] Noun 1. Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ASPX ASPX Active Server Page Framework (Microsoft) ASPX Active Server Plus Pages ), the technology leader in Network Attached Storage, has appointed three industry veteran sales executives to sales vice president positions on its turnaround team. J. Michael Carrigan has been appointed Vice President for the western region covering western and south-central U.S., western Canada and Latin America. Michael J. Sutkowski has been named vice president of eastern region sales with responsibilities for eastern and north central U.S. plus eastern Canada. Thomas S. Garofalo has been appointed vice president and managing director for Asia and Pacific sales operations and managing director, Auspex KK in Japan. "We've now filled the direct sales leadership posts on Auspex's expanded executive management team," said Gary J. Sbona, Auspex chairman 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. . "These latest appointments add the industry knowledge and sales team leadership Auspex requires to capitalize on our solid product line and unmatched vertical industry expertise." Carrigan brings almost 20 years of sales and operations management to Auspex. He spent the past 12 years with Data General, a division of EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , where he was most recently US western region general manager with P&L responsibility. Much of his career has been focused on the health care industry. He earned a B.S. degree from University of Southern Maine The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a multi-campus public university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston. . Sutkowski has more than 25 years of computer industry sales management experience with firms such as Unisys, Ardent Software (now Informix) and Data General. Most recently Sutkowski was general manager of channel sales within Data General, a division of EMC. Prior to, Sutkowski was vice president of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales for Ardent Software. He earned a B.A. degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. College at Oswego, NY. Based in Singapore, Garofalo joined Auspex to expand its presence in Asia. Prior to Auspex he was regional vice president for Promatory Communications Asia/Pacific, a venture-funded start-up bought by Nortel Networks. Before this, he was vice president Asia/Pacific for General DataComm, a supplier of hardware and software products serving the data communications industry. His extensive experience includes 21 years with Dupont where he operated many of its electronics business units. He holds a B.S.E.E. from Clarkson University. About Auspex Auspex is the Network Attached Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) server choice of Fortune 1000 customers in the semiconductor, software development, oil and gas exploration, automotive, aerospace, communications, publishing, entertainment, animation, and financial services industries. Its products are designed for storage applications requiring secure NT and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). data sharing from a single data image, server consolidation or continuous network data availability. The company excels in enterprise-level [multi-terabyte] NAS solutions and services. Learn more about Auspex at www.auspex.com Notes: This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: delays in the implementation of changes in delivery models, increased competitive environment and pricing pressures, delays in product rollout schedules, component shortages, slow acceptance for new form factors, employee retention, disruptions related to restructuring actions, the financial condition of resellers, delays in new systems implementation, operational inefficiencies related to sales cycles, equity investment volatility, and emerging market political or economic instability. Further information on the factors that could affect Auspex's financial results is included in Auspex's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and the latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . |
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