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  • Mobile Tag Steps Up Global Drive: Appoints William Hoffman as US CEO


    European 2D barcode leader MTag has set up a US sister company as part of its expansion plans.

    It has appointed William "Chip" Hoffman as CEO of the new venture, Mobile Tag, Inc.

    Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Hoffman will head a global mobile marketing campaign for the company’s mobile barcode technologies and services.

    Already well established in Europe, MTag specialises in mobile handset software solutions.

    It has two main products: mobiletag and MEEPASS.

    Launched in 2006, mobiletag is an embedded software application that allows mobile phones to read 2D barcodes, otherwise known as tags, simply by using the phone’s camera.

    MTag developed the software to create quick access to external content.

    Example of Mobiletag web tag

    The French company received a venture capital investment of 4 million euros in October 2008, funded by new lead investor Alven Capital and by existing shareholders (XangeCapital and IDF Capital).

    MTag launched MEEPASS, a new mobile identification product, at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    Hoffman was responsible for the large-scale operations of mBlox, Inc., Dobson Communications, Advanced TelCom Group, Sprint and Logix Communications Enterprises.

    He has worked closely with companies like Publicis, Interpublic Group, BBDO-Omnicom, and others on interactive advertising using mobile telecommunications technology.

    More recently he was CEO of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc, where he helped develop a global technical and financial system for mobile barcodes.

    Earlier in his career, Hoffman served 8 years with Sprint managing business clients from the Global 10 to small and medium-sized business customers.

  • Expansion Planned as Csathy Named President and CEO of Sorenson Media







    Sorenson Media has named Peter Csathy as its president and chief executive officer (CEO).

    Csathy is a 20-year veteran of the digital media industry with significant expertise in the online video arena.

    Sorenson Media specializes in online video compression and encoding technology and solutions.

    Csathy said he was looking forward to driving the company into new high growth areas.

    "Internet video is still in its early innings, and we see an opportunity to become a significant player in this multi-billion dollar and transformative industry," he said.

    Peter Csathy, CEO Sorensen Media

    Csathy worked in C-level roles at three successful high-growth companies, including most recently as CEO of SightSpeed, president and chief operating officer (COO) of Musicmatch, and COO of eNow.

    SightSpeed was acquired by Logitech late in 2008, in the midst of the current economic meltdown; Musicmatch was acquired by Yahoo in 2004; and eNow was acquired by AOL-Time Warner in 2006.

    Prior to these positions, Csathy served as senior VP at Universal Studios, with responsibility for driving and executing all national and global new business opportunities, M&A activity, strategic partnerships and initiatives for that company’s Recreation Group.

    He has also worked as a senior executive at Savoy Pictures Entertainment and New Line Cinema, after launching his career as a media and intellectual property attorney for clients in the motion picture and music industries.

    Csathy obtained his JD from Harvard University and his bachelor’s degree in political science, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota.

    He will direct all areas of Soreson Media’s operations and strategic initiatives.

  • Matze Appointed To New Role Within Hifn


    Hifn has named storage pioneer John Matze as its Vice President and Chief Technical Officer.

    Matze first joined the storage and networking company in 2007 as its Vice President of Business Development after the acquisition of Siafu Software, where he served as CEO.

    At Siafu, Matze developed iSCSI storage solutions that offered security and enterprise-level functionality for small- to medium-sized businesses.

    The technology was incorporated into Hifn’s product line to deliver storage solutions to its customers.

    Matze previously served as Vice President and CTO at Overland Storage, Director of Software at Veritas Software and the principal architect at STAC Inc.

    John Matze, VP and CTO Hifn

    Matze the author of several storage patents is also credited as one of the original authors of the iSCSI protocol.

    Over the past 15 years he has created a series of successful products including the award winning Overland Storage REO VTL appliances and the award winning STAC Replica Disaster Recovery for NetWare.

    In 2003 he was named one of the "Top 25 Innovators" by Computer Reseller News, and is a frequent author and speaker at storage industry events.

    Albert E. Sisto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hifn, said Matze offered the ability to provide hands-on leadership in an ever-evolving industry.

    "He also has a keen ability to take technologies and simplify them for broader deployment and acceptance," he said.

  • StarWind Software Announces Appoints New CEO and Opens US Headquarters


    StarWind Software has appointed Zorian Rotenberg as chief executive officer and announced the opening of its US headquarters.

    The storage software provider’s move to its new HQ near Boston, Massachusetts, comes shortly after the announcement of its spin-off from Rocket Division Inc and the investment, led by ABRT Venture Fund, meant to accelerate sales and assist in marketing efforts.

    StarWind provides small and midsize company storage solutions and is expanding its operations, marketing and product offerings.

    Its flagship product, StarWind Server is an iSCSI Target software that installs on any industry-standard Windows Server and converts it into a reliable, powerful and affordable IP SAN.

    Rotenberg will focus on continuing to build StarWind’s storage software market and will be responsible for global operations including sales, marketing, strategic alliances, and customer programs.

    He has a strong background in high-tech as well as financial markets, and most recently served as the vice president of corporate and business development at Acronis Inc.

    He worked directly for the CEO of Acronis during a period when the company grew rapidly over a period of a few years from about USD $20 million to over USD $100 million worldwide.

    Previously, Rotenberg worked at Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Investment Banking Division focusing on mergers & acquisitions and financing transactions, at NeoCarta Ventures focusing on investing in technology companies and at IBM in the Software Sales Division.

    A graduate of Lehigh University, he has a degree in finance and with minors in applied mathematics and computer science. He took an MBA at Harvard Business School.

    Rotenberg said he was looking forward to building and growing Starwind’s business globally.

    "This is a great company with excellent technology and a very talented, accomplished team," he said.

    "We have an extraordinary opportunity to develop new solutions for our customers and be a leader in the rapidly growing storage software market."

  • Scott Cleland to Lead Worldwide Marketing Efforts for Adaptec-branded Products


    Adaptec has appointed Scott Cleland as its director of marketing.

    With nearly 25 years of storage experience and nearly 10 years of senior-level marketing experience, Cleland will lead Adaptec’s global marketing activities for the company’s Adaptec-branded products.

    Prior to joining Adaptec, Cleland served as the director of worldwide marketing for AMCC’s storage division, 3ware.

    At 3ware, he was responsible for coordinating and leading comprehensive global inbound/outbound product marketing and channel marketing efforts.

    He served as the primary product and technology evangelist to customers, industry press and analysts.

    Cleland was a key contributor in 3ware achieving the number one serial storage channel vendor status for two consecutive years.

    Before joining AMCC, Cleland was director of product marketing and technical marketing for IBM’s Mylex storage division, and previously held marketing positions at Archive, Exabyte, BusLogic, and Conner Peripherals.

    Vipul Mehta, vice president of marketing for Adaptec, said extensive storage industry experience and a strong track record of conceiving and executing successful marketing programs made Cleland an ideal candidate to lead global marketing efforts for Adaptec.

    "As Adaptec continues to provide high-performance, innovative solutions to leading channel partners, OEMs, system builders and IT integrators, his industry knowledge and proven leadership will be instrumental in Adaptec’s ongoing success," he said.

  • Campbell Joins Hitachi Global Storage Technologies


    Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has appointed Steven Campbell as Chief Technology Officer.

    Campbell will have global responsibility for all aspects of the company’s product development and technical vision.

    As the top technology executive for Hitachi GST, he will play a strategic role in the company’s future direction and business growth.

    With 30 years of experience in the electronics and data storage industry, he served in senior executive roles at Western Digital Corporation and technology management roles at Quantum and Hewlett-Packard.

    Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer of Singapore listed Innotek Limited and Innotek’s subsidiary Magnecomp Precision Technology, a strategic component supplier to major hard drive companies.

    His experience at Western Digital included serving as General Manager of the Desktop Solutions Line of Business, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vice President of New Product Introduction and Chief Quality Officer.

    He will be based at Hitachi’s San Jose, California headquarters.

  • XO Communications Names Wagner As New Head of Business Services


    Daniel Wagner has been appointed head of XO Communications’ Business Services unit.

    The appointment, which is effective immediately, will see Wagner focus on accelerating the division’s profitability and revenue growth.

    Key to this is expected to be the intergration of new and different approaches to delivering voice, data, converged and managed services for businesses and enterprises.

    Wagner is an industry veteran, including fourteen years of combined experience at Global Crossing and Frontier Communications.

    Dan Wagner, XO Communications

    Most recently, he served as Global Crossing’s executive vice president of Enterprise and Collaboration Services.

    He also played a significant role in Global Crossing’s Regional Direct Sales, Government Services, Collaboration Services, Indirect Channels and Sales Engineering divisions.

    He is credited with increasing sales productivity and customer-focus, streamlining business processes and developing a metrics-driven culture.

    Wagner also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

    XO’s Business Services group recently installed VoIP services at a milestone 15,000 businesses and continues to develop its Session Initiation Protocol trunking solution – XO SIP.

    In 2008, XO Communications secured USD $780 million in financing.

  • Pentadyne Promotes Kalev to CTO


    Flywheel energy storage systems manufacturer Pentadyne Power Corporation has promoted Claude Kalev to the position of Chief Technical Officer.

    Kalev was a co-founder of Pentadyne when the company was incorporated in 1998.

    But he only officially joined the company in 2002, as Vice President, Electrical Engineering.

    Kalev was also a co-founder and Vice President of Engineering at Quadradyne, a company established to provide testing services for high speed rotating machinery, state of the art magnetic bearing development, high vacuum system and molecular drag sleeve design.

    Prior to joining Pentadyne, Kalev was the Vice President of Engineering at Infrared Industries, Inc. where he led the development of a compact, portable 5-gas automotive analyzer.

    He also developed and patented a hand-held, high-speed, 5-gas analyzer for use as an on-board diagnostic and combustion tuning instrument. He also developed a state-of-the-art, automated calibration system for the analyzers.

    Other previous posts include roles at Capstone Turbine Corporation and Rosen Motors.

    Kalev is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, and Golden Key Honor Society. He earned his undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.