Cloudian is a leader in enterprise object storage, bringing cloud technology and economics to the data center. Cloudian's petabyte-scale software and appliances natively support the S3 object storage protocol, ensuring interoperability with the thousands of applications that use S3. Cloudian solutions are available direct from Cloudian, through resellers worldwide, from Lenovo, and also from the Amazon Marketplace. At Cloudian, I am responsible for outbound marketing, products, solutions, and inside sales.

Led 43 person marketing teams responsible for revenue generation marketing including WW demand generation, Segment Marketing, America's Field Marketing, Federal Marketing, and OEM events. Also responsible for web, SEM/SEO, social media and communities.- Established content marketing team focused on messaging and content development for key market segments- Deployed company's first marketing automation platform (Marketo), including lead flow processes, nurturing, lead scoring, and Sales SLAs- Implemented lead enrichment processes to enhance lead effectiveness via social media intelligence gathering- Achieved14X increase in software trials for virtualization products (NFV) via targeted demand gen campaigns - Implemented community platform (Lithium); drove 5X traffic increase to key content- Increased web site conversions by 4X via personalized content and relevant offers

Xsigo (acquired by Oracle) was a data center fabric provider selling into the enterprise virtualization space. Awarded "The Next Big Thing" by the Wall Street Journal, Xsigo served hundreds of top-tier Enterprise customers such as Accenture, Salesforce.com, VMware, and eBay. I led the outbound marketing function including product positioning, lead generation, events, public relations, analyst relations, web, and social media.Highlights: - Drove lead-generation activities creating over 46,000 leads, $237M in pipeline- PR efforts led to over 180 feature articles in publications including Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Register, SF Chronicle, SJ Mercury, and all IT publications- AR program generated favorable write-ups from Gartner, Forrester, The 451, IDC, and Bloor- Cultivated relationships with key bloggers, drove presence on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn- Awards program resulted in accolades including WSJ “Next Big Thing,” VMworld “Best of Show,” and TechTarget Product of the Year- Drove lead nurturing via Marketo, using relevant content and ongoing touch - Generated 50,000 video views with library of 40 testimonials, education pieces, and promotional videos- Wrote 100% of company’s web copy, solutions notes, case studies, blog posts and collateral

ONStor (acquired by LSI) was an enterprise network attached storage provider. I drove worldwide outbound marketing, including product positioning, lead generation, events, public relations, collateral, and web.

At Maxtor (acquired by Seagate), I led the marketing group for the company's network attached storage division. The division offered a range of NAS products spanning the small business and mid-size enterprise markets.

I held inbound and outbound marketing responsibility including product strategy, pricing, forecasting, PR, web, collateral, and events.

Product line manager for Enterprise storage.

Managed group of five. Design engineering, software development.