Terry Flynn VP of EMEA Sales, Virident

Virident Systems Inc. announced the appointment of former HP VP and GM of its technology and consulting services business, Terrence (Terry) Flynn, as the company’s new VP of EMEA sales.

He brings more than 13 years of storage sales experience to Virident and will be responsible for growing sales throughout the region. Its responsibilities will include building revenue and growth in EMEA and will assist in the enablement of existing and future strategic partnerships.

"We have been successful in building demand for our server-side flash solutions domestically. This has been achieved through our fervor for listening to our customers and our ability to react to the changing enterprise market demands. Terry’s experience and leadership skills are exactly what we need to build a presence in a new region," stated Ken Grohe, VP of WW customer operations, Virident.

 Flynn joins Virident from HP where he was VP and GM of HP’s technology support and consulting business services for HP’s server, storage, and networking businesses and managed more than $1 billion of business. He managed a team of 84 sales people and developed a series of programs that drove growth and several new revenue streams inside of HP’s data center care portfolio. Prior to that, he served as sales director of HP’s business critical systems group focused on big data appliances. Prior to joining HP, he spent 12 years at EMC Corporation, where he held a variety of sales and sales management positions. In his most recent role as enterprise district manager, he managed a team of 15 sales people, engineers and project managers that were responsible for all sales and customer interactions for EMC’s entire product portfolio. He was a professional hockey player for the Odessa Jackalopes, a minor league affiliate of the NHLs Edmonton Oilers.

"This is an exciting time to be joining Virident," said Flynn. "The storage market and the demand for enterprise flash in particular is rapidly evolving to keep up with growing business needs. In addition to having an industry-leading product portfolio, Virident has an impressive executive management team, financial stability, and growing list of customers which I look forward to expanding overseas."