Feb 20, 2007
Adtron Adds Senior Sales and Marketing Executives
Expansion Strengthens Company Position and Signals Market Expansion in Solid State Disks
PHOENIX, AZ - March 21, 2007 - Solid state flash disk manufacturer Adtron Corporation, the leader in delivering high performance and high capacity solid state disks (SSDs) to the high-end industrial and defense markets, announced today the addition of key executives in sales and marketing; Al Dei Maggi, VP Sales and Marketing; Wade Campbell, VP Marketing and Business Development; and, Myril Shaw, Managing Director of International Sales.
The expansion is a vital aspect of the company's strategic plan to capitalize on Adtron's leadership in flash solid state disks for traditional markets, such as defense, telecom and industrial; and, the expansion into non-traditional markets, such as networking and server acceleration, which are widely acknowledged as high growth markets for flash SSDs.
"We are fortunate to have assembled such an experienced and highly capable staff of senior executives," states Bob Benkendorf, Adtron CEO. "We will continue to make the critical investments to build a world class company. The flash drive market is entering the storage industry "big leagues" and we are adding "big league" talent to drive our success."
Al Dei Maggi joins Adtron as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the sales and marketing organizations, both domestically and internationally. Dei Maggi's background includes 30 years of extensive strategic management and business development experience with such companies as Sun Microsystems, Rackable Systems, RLX Technologies, and Sequent. Dei Maggi's experience ranges from sophisticated telecommunications and scalable server platforms to server blade hardware and management software.
Wade Campbell joins Adtron as the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development with direct responsibility for marketing, program management, product planning, and strategic alliances. Campbell brings 25 years of experience in the enterprise and embedded market space with such companies as Motorola, Intel, Dell, and Sequent.
Myril Shaw assumes the sales leadership position as Managing Director of International Sales, with direct responsibility for developing distribution channels and customers in Europe, Asia and South America. Shaw has 25 years of international sales, marketing and business development experience with RLX Technologies, Marathon Technologies, Internet Dynamics and Sequent Computers.
About Adtron
Founded in 1985, Adtron is the leading designer and global supplier of high performance and high capacity solid state flash disk drives. Adtron Flashpak SSDs integrate seamlessly into defense/aerospace, industrial automation, medical, transportation, telecom and enterprise applications. Based on Adtron's advanced ArrayPro™ performance engine, Adtron solid state flash disk drives deliver superior sustained read and write rates and are designed to reliably meet stringent environmental requirements. The Adtron Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2000 certified. Adtron is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with channels in all global markets. Learn more about Adtron at www.adtron.com.
Contact:
Patti Naccarati
Marketing Manager
Tel: 602-735-0315
Email: patti@adtron.com
