Coraid Forms Customer Advisory Council

Coraid, Inc. announced the
formation of its Customer Advisory Council.

Members of the council represent executives from companies in a variety of markets
including Shutterstock, Legg Mason Capital Management, Exegy, Inc., Pac-West
Telecomm, Thought Equity Motion, Smartronix, and Northrop Grumman Corporation.

The Customer Advisory Council will work with Coraid’s executive team to
forecast future data center requirements; identify emerging trends in the
cloud, virtualization, and storage markets; and develop and refine product
roadmaps.

Charter members of the Customer Advisory Council represent
leaders in the security, government, equity management, automobile
manufacturing, video licensing services and other fields.

• Chris Fischer, director of web operations and IT,
  Shutterstock Images, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency.
  James Hancock, director of infrastructure technology, Legg
  Mason Capital Management, a leading equity manager.
  Bill Hildebrandt, director of IT and operations, Exegy
  Inc., a provider of hardware-accelerated market data systems for financial
  organizations.
  Matt Krokosz, CTO, Pac-West Telecomm, a provider of
  wholesale advanced telecommunications services.
  Mark Lemmons, CTO, Thought Equity Motion, a leading
  provider of video platform and footage licensing services.
  David Streed, senior program manager, Smartronix, a global
  professional solutions provider.

"Coraid is deeply committed to customer success, and
our Customer Advisory Council provides an ideal vehicle for executive-level
networking, idea sharing and innovation," said Kevin
Brown, CEO, Coraid. "Members bring a unique forward-thinking perspective
to the council and extensive, high-level experience with the storage demands of
some of the world’s leading organizations. Their insight into the industry will
help Coraid in building a world-class storage platform."