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Clustrix Makes Executive Moves With the Appointment of Two Industry Veterans(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/09/14 -- Clustrix, provider of the leading scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud, today announced that industry veteran, Mike Azevedo, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Azevedo brings more than 25 years of sales and executive leadership experience to his new role where he will seek to expand Clustrix market share worldwide. Prior to Clustrix, Azevedo ran the top sales division of large-scale cloud computing company Platform Computing, later acquired of IBM. He also led global sales of ParAccel, and helped with a successful turnaround of PostX Corporation, prior to its acquisition by Cisco. Azevedo held several leadership positions at VERITAS Software, where he was involved in strategic M&A and business process re-engineering, eventually becoming head of the F100 sales team. "The cloud database market is growing at a remarkable pace," said Mike Azevedo, Clustrix CEO. "As the provider of the leading scale-out database built specifically for the cloud, we are poised to take advantage of this growth, and I am excited to step into this new role as we change the database landscape." Clustrix also named Bruce Armstrong to the board of directors as Executive Chairman. Bruce has over 25 years of senior and general management experience in technology companies ranging from start-ups to large corporations including a 12 year career at Teradata from founding through IPO. Bruce has served on a number of company boards including Accrue, BuyMedia, NetVendor, TechWeb and WibiData among others. "Mike Azevedo brings leadership experience and a deep understanding of the market, our product and our customers," said Don Listwin, original investor and Clustrix board member. "Mike is an ideal choice to accelerate Clustrix's momentum, innovation and customer success. We are also pleased to have Bruce Armstrong join the board. Bruce's track record of leading fast-growing database technology companies to success make him an invaluable asset to Clustrix and an excellent board member." Connect with ClustrixLearn more about Clustrix Read the blog: http://www.clustrix.com/blog/ Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/clustrix Become a fan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clustrix Connect on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/clustrix About ClustrixClustrix provides the leading scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud. With ClustrixDB you can build innovative business critical applications that deliver real-time analytics on live operational data with massive transactional volume. Our exceptional customer service team supports more than one trillion transactions per month across a range of industry segments including Ad Tech, e-commerce, and social analytics. Clustrix customers include AOL, engage: BDR, MedExpert, nomorerack, Photobox, Rakuten, Symantec, and Twoo.com. Headquartered in San Francisco, Clustrix is funded by HighBar Partners, Sequoia Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Don Listwin, and ATA Ventures. ClustrixDB is available in software that runs on commodity hardware and on any cloud. Visit www.clustrix.com to learn more. Clustrix is trademarked in the U.S. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Other product or company names mentioned may be trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. Media Contact: Michelle Dailey LEWIS PR for Clustrix Phone: 415-432-2458 Email: Email Contact Source: Clustrix, Inc. |