Seasoned Sales Executive to Spearhead Aggressive Growth in EMEA
Lowell, MA – July 9, 2007 – Acopia Networks®, Inc., the world’s leading provider of high-performance, intelligent file virtualization solutions, today announced that it has named Andy Stubley to the position of vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In this position, he will be responsible for continuing the aggressive sales growth in the EMEA region through the strategic direction and expansion of the sales force. Stubley will report directly to Chris Lynch, president and CEO of Acopia.
“I am delighted to be joining Acopia at such an exciting point in the company’s evolution,” said Stubley. “Acopia has built the right product for an ever expanding space, a large and rapidly growing customer base, and a reputation for world-class customer service.” He continued, “Acopia has established an impressive foundation in EMEA, and in the process has uncovered a wealth of untapped opportunity. Our future growth potential is staggering.”
“Andy’s remarkable track record of implementing world-class sales strategies that result in long-term, highly profitable relationships with customers, coupled with his professionalism and integrity make him an ideal addition to our executive management team,” stated Lynch.
Stubley is a highly seasoned sales executive with over 20 years of experience developing and executing breakthrough sales strategies. Prior to joining Acopia, Stubley held the position of director of EMEA, Centera Business Unit, at EMC. Before that, he served as sales director for EMC’s European telecommunications accounts. Stubley has also held senior sales management positions with world leading technology providers including, Sequent and Oracle.
About Acopia Networks
Acopia Networks is the leader in high-performance, intelligent file virtualization. Solutions based on Acopia’s FreedomFabric™ network operating system software help customers manage the growth, complexity, and cost of unstructured, globally distributed, file-based information. By providing automatic, policy-driven, data migration, tiering, load balancing, snapshots, and replication across multi-vendor storage environments, Acopia helps IT executives to reduce management overhead and accelerate business workflow. For further information about Acopia’s products and services, please visit its Website at www.acopia.com, call 978-513-2900 (US) / 49-89-944-90-165 (Europe) or email info@acopia.com.
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Contact:
Nicole Gorman
Acopia Networks, Inc.
508-397-0131
ngorman@acopia.com