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Emulex Appoints Adam Winkelmann as Vice President of International Operations
Winkelmann Brings 20+ Years of Telecommunications Experience Key for Growth in the Cloud Market
Storage Networking World Europe 2011, FRANKFURT, and COSTA MESA, Calif., November 2, 2011 - Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced it has appointed Adam Winkelmann as vice president of international operations, responsible for all of Emulex's international operations overseas and sales and marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this role, Winkelmann will help drive Emulex's position in the 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) market, and expand distribution channels and partner recruitment across EMEA for both Fibre Channel and 10GbE deployments. He will also be focused on the Company's business with key regional server, storage and networking OEMs. Winkelmann is also responsible for all customer support and fulfillment operations outside of the U.S. and will be based out of the Company's Dublin, Ireland facility.
"We welcome Adam Winkelmann to the team at a time when expanding our reach globally is more important than ever," said Jeff Hoogenboom, senior vice president of worldwide sales, Emulex. "Adam brings a wealth of experience that will also help us capitalize on the growing cloud market opportunity and expand our 10GbE and Fibre Channel reach into the channel."
Winkelmann joined Emulex in September 2011, bringing more than 20 years of extensive telecommunications and technology experience in senior executive roles. His background in software and services and experience with network operators will be key for the expected growth in cloud and virtualization. Prior to Emulex, Winkelmann held a number of positions within the corporate finance and venture capital sectors. He also has extensive experience in the mobile communications arena as the executive vice president of worldwide sales at MobileAware. He was also divisional director responsible for software and services at Cap Gemini Sogeti in the UK. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management and a Master of Arts degree from Trinity College, Dublin.
"Emulex is a company that has built its business on successful partnerships. I look forward to further developing these partnerships in EMEA through our existing and new channels and with our OEM partners on both 10GbE and Fibre Channel deployments," said Adam Winkelmann, vice president of international operations, Emulex. "With IT spending forecasted to grow this year in Europe, particularly in storage, for the first time in years, it is an ideal time to expand our channel reach here as we march towards our goal of becoming the leader in 10GbE and network convergence."
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Emulex, the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The Company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, network interface cards, converged network adapters, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, NEC, NetApp and Oracle. Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is available at www.Emulex.com.
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