Andy is the co-founder and CEO of 7MPS and is the former VP of Strategic Technology and CTO for Network Appliance. In his technical leadership role at Network Appliance, Andy traveled to, and communicated frequently with, leading customers worldwide to understand their storage infrastructure issues, technology initiatives and application growth plans. Based on his close interaction with customers and his extensive knowledge of cutting edge storage technologies, Andy provided strategic product planning expertise to Network Appliance. He is now actively involved in developing relationships with independent storage software vendors focused on adding value to enterprise customers and is a frequent industry speaker. |