Ahmet Houssein SVP and GM, Ethernet Business Unit, QLogic

QLogic Corp. appointed Ahmet Houssein to the position of SVP and GM of the Ethernet business unit, effective immediately.
 
 He has more than 25 years of experience delivering innovative products and driving profitable business growth – from start-up organizations to Fortune 500 corporations. He was president and CEO of Silverback Systems, which was sold to Brocade Communications Systems. Additionally, he held the position of VP and GM of Adaptec‘s storage solutions group. Previously, he was the GM at Intel Corporation‘s home server operation and was one of the leaders in the creation of the Next Generation I/O architecture. He was also a founding board member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
 
“We are extremely pleased to have Ahmet join QLogic as our senior VP and GM of the Ethernet business unit,” said Prasad Rampalli, president and CEO, QLogic. “Ahmet’s industry experience and deep technical capabilities are an important addition to the company as we expand our position in the Ethernet market.”
 
“QLogic’s recently acquired Ethernet portfolio, combined with its industry-leading FC solutions uniquely positions it to provide differentiated server I/O solutions to a broad enterprise and cloud marketplace,” said Houssein. “This is an exciting time to be joining the organization and I look forward to being an integral part of the management team.”
      
Houssein will report to Rampalli.