[May 17, 2013] Fusion-io appoints new chief technology officer and SVP Tweet May 17, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Fusion-io Inc., a provider of data center solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr Pankaj Mehra as the new chief technology officer, or CTO, and senior vice president, or SVP. Mehra has been advising the Fusion-io office of the CTO in recent months, and brings more than 20 years of global experience in developing hardware and software technologies to Fusion-io. Mehra will oversee the research of core technology across the Fusion-io product portfolio and develop strategies for collaborating with Fusion-io partners and industry standards associations. Mehra succeeds Neil Carson, who served as Fusion-io CTO since March 2010. Carson is now transitioning to the role of Fusion-io Asia Pacific (APAC) CTO and vice president. An industry veteran, Mehra directed the development of persistent memory at Compaq, leading to his appointment as a distinguished technologist at Hewlett Packard, and subsequently Chief Scientist of HP Labs Russia. Mehra previously chaired the InfiniBand Trade Association's Management Working Group and contributed to the 1.0 specification. He was recently Senior vice president and Chief Technology Officer at Whodini, Inc. Mehra currently serves on the editorial board of IEEE Internet Computing magazine and is guest editor of special issues on cloud computing, global deployment of datacenters, and webscale datacenters. "As worldwide CTO, Pankaj brings extensive global experience to leading the development of solutions in big data, cloud and web 2.0 environments, which he showcased during our SDK Technology Open House in March," said David Flynn, Fusion-io Chairman and CEO. As Chief Technology Officer of Fusion-io, Mehra will lead the company's worldwide R&D teams, working closely with customers to design solutions that accelerate datacenters and applications. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]