Permabit Expands Executive Management Team

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Permabit Technology Corporation, the provider of scalable, data reduced storage for enterprise archiving, today announced the appointment of Ed Reilly as vice president of worldwide sales and the promotion of Katherine Edwards to vice president of human resources. Reilly has held executive and managerial positions with Altiris (acquired by Symantec in 2007), Peregrine Systems, Siebel Systems and Oracle. He will be responsible for driving Permabit's sales operations and execution. Edwards has worked at Permabit for over three years and prior to joining Permabit, worked as a member of the human resources team in the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. At Permabit, she will expand her role designing and managing human resources initiatives that exploit and support business growth.

We’re in high growth mode at Permabit due to the tremendous market opportunity and growing demand for our enterprise archiving solution,” said Tom Cook, CEO of Permabit. “We’ve charged Ed with building a strong enterprise sales force and delivering seamless management of our largest accounts. Meanwhile, we will look to Katherine to drive our business forward through a focus on growth, retention, leadership development, and assimilation of new team members.”

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Permabit Technology Corporation, the industry’s leading innovator of scalable, data-reduced storage for enterprise archiving, today announced that sales strategist Joe Julian has joined the company’s board of directors.

A prominent industry veteran, Julian is currently on the Executive Advisory Board of Virtual Iron Corporation and held a board position with Avamar Technologies, now part of EMC. Julian most recently served as senior vice president of Americas sales and global accounts for VERITAS Software, a leading provider of storage and infrastructure software products. VERITAS was acquired by Symantec in July 2005.“Joe is an outstanding addition to our team. He is uniquely qualified to assist us in optimizing our sales organization to capture new business wins in the largest enterprise accounts, which is our target market and one of the most challenging to penetrate,” said Tom Cook, CEO of Permabit. “With his impressive track record and sales experience coupled with Permabit’s industry-leading archiving solution, we’re confident we have a winning combination.”

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