Phil Underwood COO, Nexenta

Nexenta Systems, Inc. announced the appointment of Phil Underwood as COO.

 He joins following seven years at Wyse Technology, where he held the same position. During his tenure at Wyse, he functioned as a pivotal part of the executive management team, reporting directly to the CEO. He joined Wyse in 2006 to help improve execution and streamline the company’s operational model. In 2012, Dell acquired Wyse. Prior to his years at Wyse, he held executive positions at IPLocks, MARGI Systems Inc., and ITT. He brings nearly 30 years of experience in the IT industry around improving operations, growing market share and strategic business development with a strong financial and operational management background. He also led several strategic programs around customer, partner and M&A transactions.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have Phil Underwood joining Nexenta, as we continue extend our leadership in this fast growing market. Phil’s proven success record in leading operations, financial discipline and overall execution will help us grow our business even faster in every dimension of our strategy and roadmap,” according to Tarkan Maner, CEO, Nexenta. “This is an important position at Nexenta at an important juncture in our growth, and I can’t underestimate how excited we are to be working with Phil again.”

“I’m excited to join the team at Nexenta, and to help expand the company’s leadership in the SDS market,” said Underwood. “As drivers around social media, mobility, big data, and virtualization-centric cloud computing increase the demand on storage, Nexenta’s advanced software solution managing complex storage environments on commodity hardware puts the company in this dynamic, high-growth space.”