WHIPTAIL has announced the appointment of Erik Hardy as executive vice president of worldwide sales. Reporting to CEO Dan Crain, Hardy will lead WHIPTAIL’s Field Operations team in driving global expansion of its powerful flash storage solutions.
“Adding Erik gives us another global-scale thinker as we continue to expand our footprint across all market segments around the world,” said Dan Crain, CEO at WHIPTAIL. “Erik’s unique balance and experience of selling innovative, emerging technologies in storage, networking, software, and services, plus his track record of successful account development makes him a great addition to our team.”
Hardy brings more than 21 years of building and managing world-class sales teams to WHIPTAIL, having spent the majority of his career at EMC, where he served as regional vice president of North American global accounts. After EMC, Hardy joined Mercury Interactive Software as vice president of global accounts and was instrumental in driving growth resulting in the acquisition by HP. Hardy also served as vice president of worldwide sales at Xsigo, which was subsequently acquired by Oracle. Most recently, Hardy served as vice president of global accounts and service providers at Blue Coat Systems
“As enterprises and their customers continue growing around mobile and cloud computing, they will need the kind of high performance arrays WHIPTAIL provides to ensure their processes are executing quickly and efficiently,” said Hardy. “WHIPTAIL is changing the way these organizations build their infrastructure for optimum performance and scalability. I look forward to joining a team that is at the forefront of the flash storage space, continually innovating as the industry evolves.”