Rackable Systems Appoints James Wheat Chief Financial Officer.FREMONT, Calif. -- Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage products for large-scale data centers, today announced the official appointment of James Wheat as Chief Financial Officer. Wheat joined the company in April and served in an interim capacity while transitioning with Rackable Systems' former CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , Madhu Ranganathan. Wheat is now the full time CFO, and a member of the executive management team. He reports directly to 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. Mark Barrenechea. Wheat has a long history of executive and financial leadership within prominent public and private technology organizations. Prior to joining Rackable Systems in April of 2008, Wheat served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Lam Research. Wheat has also held senior financial management positions at Asyst Technology, Inc., Sybase, Inc., TeleVideo, Sunterra Corporation, Raychem Corporation, Core-Mark International, Spectra-Physics and Honeywell International, Inc. Wheat earned his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton, making it the world’s oldest business school. and his BBA at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . He holds an active CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. license in California. Ranganathan's departure occurred on May 16, 2008. About Rackable Systems Rackable Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of Eco-Logical[TM] servers and storage for large-scale data center deployments. The company's products are designed to provide benefits in the areas of density, thermal efficiency, serviceability, power distribution, data center mobility and remote management. Founded in 1999 and based in Fremont, California, Rackable Systems is a founding member of The Green Grid and serves Internet, enterprise software, federal government, entertainment, financial services, oil and gas exploration and HPC customers worldwide. To learn more about Rackable Systems, visit www.rackable.com. Rackable Systems is a registered trademark of Rackable Systems[R], Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion