Len Rosenthal VP Marketing, SwiftTest
Came from Astute Networks, Virtual Instruments, Panasas, Inktomi and PathScale.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on September 13, 2013 at 2:52 pmSwiftTest, Inc., a company focused on infrastructure performance validation, announced the appointment of two industry veterans to strengthen its senior management team.
Len Rosenthal will serve as VP marketing and Kevin O’Donnell will serve as CFO.
The addition of these two seasoned professionals will enable SwiftTest to accelerate its momentum within the enterprise and cloud service provider space.
SwiftTest has become a provider of solutions that help storage and network equipment manufacturers get their products to market faster and cost-efficiently. Its workload modeling software and performance validation appliances have become a standard for networked storage performance and scalability testing.
The company started selling its solutions to enterprise and service provider customers in 2012.
"Our recent customer deployments at GoDaddy and at a number of large financial and manufacturing companies are testimony to how we are extending the benefits of SwiftTest infrastructure performance validation solutions to the enterprise data center," stated president and CEO Philippe Vincent. "The additions of Len and Kevin will accelerate our ability to grow the company and successfully address these new markets."
As VP marketing, Rosenthal will oversee corporate marketing, product marketing, and demand generation for the company. With over 27 years of marketing experience at both public and privately held IT infrastructure companies, he has held executive marketing positions at Astute Networks, Virtual Instruments, Panasas, Inktomi, and PathScale (acquired by QLogic).
O’Donnell will head up the company’s financial, administration, and human resources departments. He brings more than 25 years of executive experience in finance and corporate strategy. Prior to joining SwiftTest, he held CFO positions at PanTerra Networks, Cassatt Corp., and ViewCentral (part of Rainmaker Systems) and was director of finance at Network General.