ONSTOR NAMES NEW VP OF ENGINEERING
Former NetApp executive to lead company�s product development
STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD, SAN DIEGO, Calif. � April 3, 2006 ONStor, a leader in enterprise NAS Gateway solutions, today announced the appointment of Jerry Lopatin to senior vice president of engineering and operations. Lopatin brings more than 25 years of industry experience to ONStor, where he will oversee all hardware and software engineering as well as manufacturing operations.
�Jerry�s proven leadership and depth of expertise makes him a strong asset to our team as we continue to build on our Enterprise NAS leadership position,� said Bob Miller, CEO, ONStor. �Since its inception, ONStor�s products have re-defined enterprise NAS with exceptional scalability and a flexible open storage architecture. With the addition of a storage industry expert like Jerry Lopatin, ONStor and its customers can look forward to continued success and fast paced product innovation.�
Prior to joining ONStor, Lopatin served as senior vice president of engineering at Network Appliance where he worked since 2000 in several executive positions. Previously, Lopatin worked as director of engineering and quality for the Professional Products Division of Iomega Corporation. Over his career, which began at IBM, Lopatin has also served as an engineering director at both Samsung Electronics and Seagate Technology.
�I�m excited to be joining ONStor as the company emerges as one of the industry�s leading enterprise NAS vendors,� said Jerry Lopatin, senior vice president of engineering and operations at ONStor. �Enterprise IT managers are faced with real challenges in managing their growing file storage environments. Because ONStor�s clustered architecture lets them scale continuously and non-disruptively, it overcomes the biggest limitations of legacy NAS.�
Lopatin holds bachelor�s degrees from Stanford University in chemistry and philosophy. He currently holds two patents for magnetic recording and test technologies, and has three patents pending.
About ONStor
ONStor is the leader in enterprise-class NAS Gateways that consolidate file services on multi-vendor storage. ONStor storage solutions dramatically reduce management costs by providing customers with the most easily scaled storage environment, and reduce capital costs by delivering the freedom and flexibility of the industry's most interoperable platform. ONStor products and technology are offered by leading system integrators and resellers worldwide. All products are backed by a host of support offerings and by ONStor's uncompromising commitment to customer service. More information about ONStor can be found at www.ONStor.com or by calling toll-free 877-2ON-STOR (877-266-7867).