Randy Whitehead VP of Strategic Business Development at Vembu

Vembu Technologies, in online backup software solutions, announced the appointment of Randy J. Whitehead as Vice President of Strategic Business Development. Reporting to Vembu’s President, Lakshmanan Narayan, Randy will primarily be responsible for growing Vembu’s business in the United States and Canada, with a focus on channel partnerships with managed service providers, hosting companies, storage appliance vendors and telecom companies looking to provide their customers online backup services.

“Our StoreGrid software solution powers the online backup services business of more than 1,250 service providers worldwide, and more than 850 of these service providers are based in North America,” said Sekar Vembu, CEO of Vembu Technologies. “Randy’s deep experience in operations and sales, coupled with his years of experience in the online backup market, will help to further catalyze our rapid growth in the service provider market.”

“Vembu is amazingly well-positioned to leverage the explosion that is happening in the managed backup space, and it is exciting to be a part of it,” said Mr. Whitehead. “I believe we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg so far, and I look forward to supporting and further accelerating Vembu’s fantastic growth in recent times.”

Prior to Vembu, Randy was co-founder and COO of Arsenal Digital Solutions (acquired by IBM), a leading player in the business of providing data protection services to major hosting providers around the world. Randy has more than 20 years experience in outsourcing solutions and operations, system integration and business development. He was also at StorageTek, where he was responsible for the industry’s first implementation of a storage utility solution and the structuring of large outsourcing/utility deals, as well as the operation and delivery of managed storage services. He has also held senior positions with IBM, British Telecom, Data General and AT&T. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, and completed advanced systems work at MIT. Randy’s
memberships include Information Systems Audit and Control Association
(ISACA) and Sentinel Chapter, 101st Airborne Division Association. He
is a certified Ultralight Aircraft pilot, with a love for anything to
do with flying. Most of his spare time is taken up with the variety of ‘rescued’ dogs his wife somehow manages to find around their
neighbourhood in St.Louis, MO.