Barry Rudolph CEO, VelociData

VelociData Inc. announced the appointment of board member and former IBM executive Barry Rudolph as CEO.

 He replaces Chris O’Malley, who will remain on the board while assuming a new position as president of mainframe operations at Compuware Corporation.

He brings 35 years of market leadership. He has held senior executive positions at IBM, where he led system networking and system storage businesses. He currently serves on the board of storage solutions provider Dot Hill Systems Corp.

“VelociData’s innovative solutions uniquely enable Fortune 1000 IT organizations to accelerate data transformations as a critical means to real-time insights,” said Rudolph. “I am very excited about the opportunity to continue with the great work Chris initiated here and to help even more customers leverage VelociData’s unique capabilities to create a competitive advantage in an increasingly digital economy.”

“Barry is the ideal leader for VelociData as we evolve from a ground-breaking technology start-up to an indispensable partner for enterprise IT,” said O’Malley. “I look forward to continuing to contribute to VelociData’s success as a board member and investor.”

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