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Strategic hires from Quantum, Kyndryl, Unisys broaden expertise from within media and entertainment and enterprise IT
Further fuels growth trajectory to provide open and agnostic data storage, management and protection solutions globally
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OpenDrives, Inc., the global provider of enterprise-scale, software-powered storage solutions, announced today several strategic senior hires to its sales and product divisions as it continues to accelerate innovation and market growth across verticals within media and entertainment, and enterprise IT. These hires include: Sergio Soto (formerly Quantum) as director of Latin America sales and solution engineering, Rodney Williams (formerly DreamWorks Studios) as technical account manager, Vernon Leung (formerly Velasea) as director of product integrations and partnerships, Christopher Burgau (formerly Kyndryl) as regional territory manager, Jacqueline Gerhardt (formerly Unisys) as senior product manager, Colin Auxier (formerly SCCS, Inc.) as senior professional services engineer and Christopher Imes (formerly BeyondTrust) as senior systems engineer.
Today’s announcement comes amid a period of significant growth for OpenDrives as it executes on data storage solutions for the most demanding enterprise-scale workflows, from live editing to post production and backup and recovery. OpenDrives’ open and agnostic software-led approach to architecting solutions that match the individual performances needs of its customers, including Fox Sports, HBO, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Spotify, Epic Games, LA Kings, Vox and hundreds more, is reinforced by its best-in-class ecosystem of technology and channel partners, such as EVS, Western Digital, Signiant, Creative Mobile Solutions (CMSI), InterVision and CHESA.