Data Protection Leader SEPATON Strengthens Sales and Marketing Team with Two New Executives.MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- SEPATON, Inc., the emerging leader in non-disruptive, high-performance data protection solutions, today announced the appointment of two experienced sales and marketing executives to the Company's management team. Terry Richardson For other persons of the same name, see Terry Richardson (ice hockey). Terry Richardson (born 1965) is an American photographer. Richardson was born in New York City, raised in Hollywood, California, and is the son of fashion photographer Bob Richardson. joins as executive vice president of world-wide sales and Linda Mentzer joins as vice president of marketing. Both executives will report directly to 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. , Mike Worhach. "SEPATON's strong growth is continuing," said Mike Worhach, president and CEO, SEPATON, Inc. "Our customer base is multiplying, our products are receiving award-winning industry recognition and our global sales channels are expanding through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and VAR partnerships. We are pleased to add Terry and Linda to our management team and with the benefit of their guidance and expertise look forward to continued market momentum." Terry Richardson oversees SEPATON's world-wide sales efforts, both direct and indirect channels which include VARs and OEMs. He joins SEPATON from EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , where his executive roles included vice president of global OEM sales and vice president of channel sales for the America's. Prior to 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. , Terry was vice president of America's sales at Data General where he worked in various sales and 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 positions during his ten years with the company. Before Data General, Terry held various sales positions at Burroughs/Unisys for five years. He graduated from Boston College's School of Management with a BS degree in Computer Science and Marketing. Linda Mentzer is responsible for SEPATON's marketing activities. Linda brings 30 years of experience in the application, server, storage and tape industry, having served in marketing, management and technical roles. Prior to joining SEPATON, Linda headed marketing at Marathon Technologies Corporation, introducing its FTvirtual Server product. At Data General/EMC Corporation, she was responsible for all aspects of marketing for its $1B AViiON Unix and NT server business. At Quantum where she was previously employed, Linda was vice president of marketing for the DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. Tape division. Linda also held several management and technical positions at Digital Equipment Corporation. She has an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Boston University College of Engineering The College of Engineering (ENG) offers undergraduate, Masters, and Doctorate degrees in four different departments:
About SEPATON, Inc. Based in Marlborough, MA, SEPATON, Inc. develops and markets a family of award-winning data protection solutions to medium and large data centers that must manage multiple terabytes of data daily. SEPATON's data protection solutions integrate seamlessly into existing customer environments. The SEPATON S2100-ES was named 2004 backup hardware product of the year by Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com. The company is privately held with investments from Jerusalem Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. For more information, visit www.sepaton.com. |
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