Brandon Joins GreenBytes

GreenBytes has named Chris Brandon as Vice President, Solutions Architecture and Technical Services. Brandon joins GreenBytes from Xsigo Systems, which was acquired by Oracle in November 2012, and where he served as EMEA Technical Director. Ashaway, R.I.-based GreenBytes, a developer of VDI solutions, is backed by Battery Ventures and Generation Investment Management.

PRESS RELEASE

Providence, R.I. and London, UK – July 24, 2013 – GreenBytes, Inc., a developer of full-featured virtual desktop optimization solutions that uniquely support existing infrastructure, today named Chris Brandon as Vice President, Solutions Architecture and Technical Services. Brandon joins GreenBytes from Xsigo Systems (acquired by Oracle in November 2012) where he served as EMEA Technical Director. In his new position with GreenBytes, Brandon will be responsible for overseeing solutions architecture and technical services for the company’s award-winning storage optimization solutions for desktop virtualization.
Chris Brandon has 18 years of experience in the storage, network, and data center industries and was the lead architect on some of the largest VDI deployments in EMEA. He was previously the EMEA Technical Director for Oracle Virtual Networking and has also worked for British Telecom (BT) Global Services, GiantLoop, EMC, and International Network Services. Brandon attended Johns Hopkins University and has a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Chris Brandon will be based out of London, United Kingdom, and assumes his position immediately.
Supporting Quotes:
Chris Brandon, Vice President, Solutions Architecture and Technical Services, GreenBytes
“As the VDI market continues to flourish, the timing couldn’t be better for GreenBytes as the company continues its momentum with its highly specialized solutions for desktop virtualization. GreenBytes has been driving innovation in the VDI space, and I look forward to joining the outstanding management team to help drive business growth and enable the widespread deployment of desktop virtualization.”
Brett Johnson, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, GreenBytes
“Chris Brandon comes to GreenBytes with a strong background and track record of success in both the VDI and data storage markets. His expertise and experience will help propel the company forward, and our technical field team will benefit greatly under Chris’s leadership as GreenBytes continues to gain market share in the desktop virtualization arena.”
About GreenBytes, Inc.
GreenBytes delivers patented IO-Offload desktop virtualization optimization solutions that maximize the effective performance and capacity of existing infrastructure to provide persistent, full-featured virtual desktops with the manageability, scalability and affordability required for cloud-scale VDI deployments. GreenBytes was founded in 2007 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. For more information, please visit www.getgreenbytes.com.
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About GreenBytes, Inc.
GreenBytes, Inc. is a provider of cloud-scale IO-Offload solutions that enable organizations to reliably and cost-effectively meet desktop virtualization performance requirements using their existing architecture. Designed for high availability (HA), high-intensity virtualization environments, GreenBytes solutions are purpose-built to enable rapid and affordable desktop virtualization adoption. GreenBytes was founded in 2007 and is based in Ashaway, Rhode Island, USA. For more information, visit: www.getgreenbytes.com.