Geoff Barrall Email & Phone Number

Holmdel, NJ, US

• As the Chief Product Officer at Index Engines, I lead the Engineering, Product Management, and Support functions, spearheading initiatives that drive innovation, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Here are some.
• Developed an industry-leading Cybersecurity AI/ML engine, enhancing our ability to detect ransomware attacks and aiding in swift recovery efforts.
• Implemented a transition to a true agile process for our engineering and product management teams, resulting in continued product innovation with a predictable release schedule.
• Attracted top-tier talent, expanding and fully integrating the departments.
• Elevated support services achieving industry-leading response times and ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Fostered partnerships with major OEMs.

Santa Clara, California, US

Working with the CEO, COO and CPO on product strategy, partnerships, advanced research and strategic M&A.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

Mount Laurel, NJ, US

An advisor to Talon Storage prior to its acquisition by NetApp in 2020.

Sunnyvale, California, US

Acquired and restructured Drobo achieving significant operating cost improvements and increased margins, then ran a process to divest it from Connected Data back into it's own privately held company. Was asked by the new owners to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Sunnyvale, California, US

Part of the team taking Nexsan private backed by private equity. Directly managed operations, engineering and customer service. Conducted a turnaround of the company substantially reducing operating cost and materially improving overall margins and efficiency.

Staines - Upon - Thames, Surrey, GB

Worked with the CEO and board of StaffConnect to help build the business and raise funds. The company was successfully acquired by K1.

Seoul, KR

Public company officer. Managing the company's Engineering, Operations, Product Management, Support and IT groups. Left Imation as part of the team taking it's subsidiary Nexsan private.

Seoul, KR

Public company director focused on restructuring and reorganization.

Palo Alto, California, US

Instrumental in helping the company raise it's initial funding from top tier Silicon Valley firms and establishing an experienced board of directors. Supported founder and CEO in building a business often cited as one of the leaders in hyper-converged computing.

Campbell, CA, US

Founder and CEO of Connected Data, makers of the Transporter. Transporter is the first real alternative to the public cloud for simple and cost effective sharing and collaboration, offsite backup and remote access. http://www.filetransporter.com/

Sunnyvale, California, US

Member of the Board of Directors at Nexsan Technologies. Remained on the board until the completion of the company's sales to Imation.

Board member from the early stages through until the company's acquisition by Intel.

San Ramon, California, US

Public company officer. Managing Overland Storage’s product development, including all product management, engineering, and research and development functions. Also responsible for I.T. and business development.

Sunnyvale, California, US

Grew sales from zero to $40M annual run-rate within ten quarters of initial product launch through strong vertical focus and tightly integrated channel strategyBuilt team by hiring key executives at each stage of company growthRaised $53M in venture funding from leading investorsCreation and development of the DROBO brand, one the most widely recognized.

Advisor to Data Domain prior to their acquisition by EMC. Prepared and presented the early analyst decks on deduplication.

US

Served on the board focused on helping with business development, product and marketing strategy. Tacit was sold to Packeteer in 2006.

Working with established companies such as Brocade on product strategy and several startup companies such Tacit Networks and Data Domain on product development and marketing strategies.

During this period served as the company CTO and directed product strategy. Managed all aspects of marketing including Product Marketing, PR and Marcom. Grew lead generation from marketing activities by 400% and turned marketing into a profit rather than cost center in terms of lead generated revenue.

Served as corporate CTO. During this period I presented on the CTO panel at most major storage events, wrote an industry commentary piece which had a readership of 60,000 at its peak, directed company strategy and was rated #9 most key guy in the storage industry by Byte and Switch.

During this period I founded BlueArc and grew the core engineering team from zero to around eighty individuals. Developed and brought to market the world's first SiliconServer.

During this period I managed all technical operations for Ultima who were the number 2 and number 3 reseller for Digital and Compaq in the UK. I designed and managed the implementation of many international data center rollouts including customers such as General Motors, BMW and several international banks.

Founded and built a company specializing in the import and distribution into channel of new innovative US technology products into the UK channel from companies such as Packeteer and NetScout.

During this period created a company to outsource small business IT support for many UK based companies. Managed all aspects of IT including supply, installation and support.

Phd, Cybernetics

Bsc 1St Class Honors, Cybernetics