COPAN Systems Appoints Jon Mellon to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales; Storage Innovator Taps Industry Veteran to Lead Worldwide Sales Efforts in Offering MAID-based Storage Solutions that Unlock the Value of Long-Term Data.LONGMONT, Colo. -- COPAN Co·pán A ruined Mayan city of western Honduras that flourished from c. 300 b.c. to a.d. 900. The ruins include the Hieroglyphic Stairway with nearly 2,000 glyphs. Systems, a leading provider of complete storage solutions that unlock the value of long-term data, today announced the appointment of Jon Mellon to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Mellon will direct COPAN Systems' global sales organization as the company continues to expand its worldwide presence. Adding this seasoned sales executive to the already established U.S. sales force, positions COPAN Systems to continue building on the installed base of MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks In computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for near-line data storage. MAID is designed for Write Once, Read Occasionally (WORO) applications. ) solutions established in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "COPAN is pleased to add Jon to our executive team," said Dave Davenport Dave Davenport (born February 20, 1890 in Alexandria, Louisiana - October 16, 1954), is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1914-1919. Davenport would play for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Terriers, and the St. Louis Browns. , 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 COPAN Systems. "Jon brings strong sales leadership and a proven track record that will be invaluable as COPAN continues to expand our MAID-based storage solutions to a global market." Mellon brings over two decades of top-level sales experience in the storage and information management industries. Mellon was most recently 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 at Akamai Technologies, where he grew revenue by more than 25% in 2004 and was part of the leadership team that drove the turnaround of Akamai's business from the Internet downturn of 2001. During his tenure at Akamai, more than $1 billion of additional market value was created for Akamai shareholders. Prior to Akamai, Mellon spent four years at 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. in a number of sales management roles before being named General Manager of EMC's Global Outsourcing Division. He started his career at NCR Corporation and served in a variety of management positions in finance, operations and sales. "I am very excited to join the COPAN Systems leadership team. COPAN's innovative storage solutions based on MAID have already gained attention with many corporate customers. This company is well positioned to take it to the next level," said Jon Mellon. About COPAN Systems COPAN Systems is a leading provider of complete storage solutions, based on MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology, that unlock the value of long-term data. The company is led by storage industry veterans from Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , StorageTek, Dell and Compaq, and is privately-held, with investments by Austin Ventures, Globespan Capital, Pequot Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures. COPAN Systems storage solutions have been shipping since March 2004, with customers spanning the healthcare, financial, government, media and service provider industries. Solution implementations include backup / recovery and archive. More information is available at http://www.COPANsys.com. |
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