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Violin Memory Appoints Jeff Nollette as Worldwide Vice President, Channels SalesViolin Memory®, Inc., (NYSE:VMEM), a leading provider of award-winning all-flash storage arrays and appliances delivering application solutions for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Jeff Nollette as worldwide Vice President, Channel Sales, reporting to Tom Mitchell, Senior Vice President of Global Field Operations, Violin Memory. 
Jeff Nollette, Worldwide Vice President, Channels Sales, Violin Memory (Photo: Business Wire) Jeff brings nearly 30 years of experience leading global sales strategy and channel development programs for industry-leading technology companies. In his new role, Jeff will leverage his executive storage expertise to continue the expansion of Violin's channel program and go-to-market strategy, providing strategic counsel to the sales and channel teams to increase distribution through Global System Integrators. In addition, he will drive widespread awareness of the Violin Global Partner Program, providing channel partners with increased revenue opportunities and the prospect for market growth available through all-flash data center solutions. "Jeff's combination of enterprise storage industry acumen and channel expertise is invaluable, and he is a welcomed asset to the team," said Tom Mitchell, SVP, Global Field Operations at Violin Memory. "The insight he will provide to strengthen our channel programs and expand global distribution strategies will be instrumental in driving key alliances and increasing revenue opportunities for our channel partners." "Violin is at the forefront of the flash technology revolution, and extremely well-positioned to drive the move to an all-flash data center," said Jeff Nollette, Worldwide VP Channel Sales at Violin Memory. "The combination of best-in-class performance, enterprise data services supporting all-flash arrays and the competitivepricing, compared to disk, make Violin the industry leader in this exciting new area of storage evolution. Our channel partners will make a lot of customers happy - and a lot of money - as we grow our respective businesses together." Most recently, Jeff served as vice president of Channel Sales at Egnyte. Prior to that, he spent five years at EMC (News - Alert) managing the National Partner Program as Senior Director of Channel Sales. Jeff was also an executive with NetApp for 10 years where his duties included program and business development as the Senior Director of Global Systems Integrators. He holds a BS and an MBA from San Jose State University. About Violin Memory Business in a Flash. Violin Memory transforms the speed of business with high performance, always available, low cost management of critical business information and applications. Violin's All Flash optimized solutions accelerate breakthrough CAPEX and OPEX (News - Alert) savings for building the next generation data center. Violin's Flash Fabric Architecture™ (FFA) speeds data delivery with chip-to-chassis performance optimization that achieves lower consistent latency and cost per transaction for Cloud, Enterprise and Virtualized mission-critical applications. Violin's All Flash Arrays and Appliances, and enterprise data management software solutions enhance agility and mobility while revolutionizing data center economics. Founded in 2005, Violin Memory is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, visit www.violin-memory.com. Follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) at twitter.com/violinmemory Violin Memory Forward-looking Statement This public announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Jeff Nollette's contributions to Violin Memory and Violin Memory's business plans and strategy. There are a significant number of risks and uncertainties that could affect Violin Memory's business performance and financial results, including those set forth under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in Violin Memory's report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and which is available on the Violin Memory's investor relations website at investor.violin-memory.com and on the SEC's (News - Alert) website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements in this public announcement are based on information available to Violin Memory as of the date hereof, and Violin Memory does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. All Violin Memory news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing, products, technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by Business Wire and are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external website, www.violin-memory.com. Violin, Violin Memory and the Violin Memory logo are trademarks of Violin Memory, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
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