Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Eric Kelly |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Vernon A. Loforti |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Michael Norkus |
President of Alliance Consulting Group |
| Ganapathy K. Krish |
Vice President, Chief Software Architect |
| John Matze |
Chief Technology Officer |
| Kurt L Kalbfleisch |
Cfo & Vice President of Finance |
| Michael S. Kerman |
Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President, Corp Marketing |
| Chet Baffa |
Vice President, Sales |
| Christie Huff |
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing |
| Darin Richins |
Vice President, Marketing, Worldwide |
| George Karabatsos |
Vice President, Sales, Worldwide |
| Jillian Mansolf |
Vice President, WW Sales & Marketing |
| Philippe Cazaubon |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
| Ravi Pendekanti |
Vice President of Worldwide Marketing |
| Robert Farkaly |
Vice President of Worldwide Sales |
| Robert J. Scroop |
Vice President, Engineering |
| W. Michael Gawarecki |
Vice President, Operations |
| Chris James |
Director, Marketing |
| Craig Ringuette |
Director, Sales |
| Cynthia A. Bond |
Director, Corp Communications |
| Glenn Groshans |
Director, Product Marketing |
| Ganapathy Krishnan |
|
| Michael Gawarecki |
|
| William J. Miller |
Advisor to Technology Companies |
| Mark Barrenechea |
Director |
Board of Directors
Eric Kelly has served as Overland's CEO since January 2009 and as a Board member since 2007. He is also president of Silicon Valley Management Partners Inc., a management consulting and M&A advisory firm, which he co-founded in 2007. Mr. Kelly spent nearly 30 years in computer technology developing distinct operational, marketing and sales expertise. His most recent corporate position was vice president and general manager of storage systems solutions at Adaptec, Inc. Prior to that, he served as president and CEO of Snap Appliance, which was acquired by Adaptec. Two years earlier, Kelly engineered the purchase of Snap from Quantum Corp., having recognized the inherent value in Snap, where the main product he drove became the volume market leader in Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. His previous corporate affiliations include Maxtor Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Diamond Multimedia, Conner Peripherals and IBM. Mr. Kelly earned an M.B.A. from San Francisco State University and a B.S. in Business from San Jose State University.
Michael Norkus is the President of Alliance Consulting Group, a strategy consulting firm, which he founded in 1986. From 1975 to 1986, Mr. Norkus served as a Vice President of Boston Consulting Group where he was the founding member of the firm s Munich, Germany office. Mr. Norkus is a member of the Board of Associates of The Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts and of the Boston Public Library Foundation.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alliance Consulting Group, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
President of Alliance Consulting Group |
Current |
| Tubelok |
President |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Consulting Group |
Norkus
President |
Former |
| University of Hamburg |
Ph.D. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Gatti Group |
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Veritas, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Seagate Software |
Director |
Former |
| San Diego State University |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Computer Science |
Former |
Kurt L. Kalbfleisch currently serves as our chief financial officer and vice president of finance. Kurt joined Overland in December 1993 and since then has served in several key management roles in cost accounting and finance. Prior to joining our company, he worked as a manufacturing budget analyst for McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a major aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor. Kurt received his MBA from the University of San Diego and a B.A. in Business Administration from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Cfo & Vice President of Finance |
Current |
| McDonnell Douglas Corporation |
Manufacturing Budget Analyst |
Former |
| University of San Diego |
MBA |
Former |
| Point Loma Nazarene University |
B.A. In Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President, Corp Marketing |
Current |
| Symantec Corporation |
vice president |
Former |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
MBA in marketing |
Former |
| The State University of New York |
Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, physics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing |
Current |
| E-Help |
Vice President |
Former |
| San Diego State University |
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales, Worldwide |
Current |
| Seagate Technology, Inc. |
vice president of OEM sales |
Former |
| San Jose State University |
bachelor's degree in social science |
Former |
As Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Overland Storage, Ravi Pendekanti oversees all marketing elements including, setting the overall strategies for product management, product marketing, and eventual product rollout. Ravi comes to Overland from SGI, where he led the Worldwide Industry and Solutions Marketing, driving solutions into various segments to cover both commercial and research. Prior to SGI, Ravi led the Reference Architectures and Customer Ready Systems marketing at Sun Microsystems. His achievements included initiating and directing the Reference Architecture program at Sun, providing key substantiation to Sun's offerings in major markets. He received the Chairman's award for his efforts in 2003 as they helped Sun grow business in some critical areas. He also served as the Vice President of Marketing at Intransa, an IP-SAN storage company. Ravi holds a MSCS from Florida Tech and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Kakatiya University in India.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Vice President, Engineering |
Current |
| Brunel University |
First Class Honours degree in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Tubelok |
Vice President of Operations |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Vice President, Operations |
Current |
| Millipore Corporation |
Director of California Operations |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
|
Current |
| State University of New York at Buffalo |
Ph.D. in computer science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Millipore Corporation |
Director of California Operations |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Ageia, Inc. |
Independent Director and Consultant |
Current |
| Quadro |
Independent Director and Consultant |
Current |
| Purevideo Zone |
Independent Director and Consultant |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Advisor to Technology Companies |
Current |
| Digimarc Corporation |
Chair of The Compensation Committee |
Current |
| Quadro |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Waters Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Purevideo Zone |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| NVIDIA Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Ask About Computers |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Digimarc Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| ViewSonic Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Iminers, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ageia, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Quantum Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Avid Technology, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Avid Technology, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Control Data Corporation |
|
Former |
| Avid Technology, Inc. |
Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| University of Minnesota |
J.D. Degree |
Former |
| University of Minnesota |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Netclarity, Inc. |
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
President & CEO |
Former |
| E-Help |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Symantec Corporation |
Vice President, Communications Division |
Former |
| Symantec Corporation |
Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Asia Pacific |
Former |
| The State University of New York |
BSCS |
Former |
Mark Barrenechea joined Rackable Systems in November 2006 as a member of our board of directors, and in April 2007 became our President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Mr. Barrenechea served as Executive Vice President and CTO for CA, Inc. ( CA ), (formerly Computer Associates International, Inc.), a software company, from 2003 to 2006 and was a member of the executive management team. Prior to CA, Mr. Barrenechea served as Senior Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, from 1997 to 2003, managing a multi-thousand person global team while serving as a member of the executive management team. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Barrenechea served as Vice President of Development at Scopus, an applications company. Prior to Scopus, Mr. Barrenechea was with Tesseract, an applications company, where he was responsible for reshaping the company s line of human capital management software as Vice President of Development. Mr. Barrenechea holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Saint Michael s College.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rackable Systems, Inc. |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Mitra Creative |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Garnett & Helfrich Capital L.P. |
Director |
Current |
| Ingres Corporation |
member |
Current |
| Computer Associates, Inc. |
Cto |
Former |
| Computer Associates, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Scopus |
Vice President of Development |
Former |
| Tesseract Corporation |
Vice President of Development |
Former |
| Oracle Corporation |
management teams |
Former |
Michael Norkus is the founder and president of Alliance Consulting Group, a strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1975, he joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he spent 11 years and was a founding member of the firm's Munich office. In 1986, he left BCG to start the Alliance Consulting Group. Mr. Norkus is also a member of the Board of Associates of The Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Nora Denzel is senior vice president and general manager of Intuit's Payroll Business. In this role, she leads one of the software company's fastest-growing business units, focusing on delivering easy-to-use payroll services for small businesses. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, Intuit is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions. Its traditional flagship products include Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax. Intuit has 8,000 employees, $2.6 billion in annual revenue, and has been recognized as America's most-admired software company and one of the country's best places to work. Before joining Intuit, Denzel held engineering, marketing and executive positions at Hewlett-Packard, Legato Systems (now a division of EMC) and IBM. Denzel earned her bachelor's degree in computer science from State University of New York and her MBA from Santa Clara University. She serves on the board of directors for Overland Storage Inc., the Support Network and the Anita Borg Institute.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology |
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Payroll, Intuit |
Current |
| Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Legato Systems, Inc. |
Senior Vice President of Product Operations |
Former |
| Santa Clara University |
MBA |
Former |
| The State University of New York |
Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science |
Former |
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