Utilizing my 20+ years of experience in the Flash & SSD storage across various industries, with special expertise in military and aerospace, I have been involved in the overall management, operations and sales of Specialty Memory and Storage Products. As a Senior Director at SMART Modular Technologies, I am involved in many aspects of the business. SMART Modular Technologies designs, manufactures and supplies specialty memory products. These include memory modules and solid state storage products for OEMs across many vertical markets. These markets include industrial, defense, networking & communications, enterprise storage & computing. With 30+ years of experience in the electronics industry, SMART Modular is dedicated to creating solutions for demanding applications with differentiated requirements by providing extensive customer specific design capabilities.Backed by global manufacturing and supply chain capabilities, SMART Modular brands, DuraMemory & DuraFlash, are uniquely positioned to serve customers whose special requirements are not met by traditional commodity suppliers. SMART Modular products are engineered to provide higher reliability, ruggedization and longevity than those of competitors. The SMART Modular advantage:SMART Modular’s advantage is in managing long product life cycles versus most OEMs that tend to jump to the latest, greatest technologies. Even though SMART Modular works to provide superior technology, it cares about time and money invested by OEMs in their current technologies, ensuring its customers’ quality and product longevity.Why should OEMs work with SMART Modular?- Strong financials with net revenue of $1.5 B and 200 different types of memory and storage products- Headquartered and produced in the USA with a global footprint- Pre and post-sale technical assistance for system configuration and failure analysis- Product availability through superior buying power with a steady, uninterrupted supply chain- Rigorous and continual product testing processes that increases reliability and reduces failureSMART Modular has partnered with many companies such as Cisco, HP, Intel, NetApp, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Panasonic, DELL/EMC, and others, for their memory and storage solutions by understanding and supporting their unique requirements.If you’re an OEM in need of a reliable, secure and durable specialty and memory solutions provider that can assist you at every step of the design, contact me at Michael.Guzzo@smartm.com