Leonard Iventosch VP of Global Channels and OEM at Isilon

Isilon Systems announced that Leonard Iventosch has joined Isilon as Vice President of Global Channels and OEM to lead the company’s channel sales operations during a period of continued growth and ascendance of scale-out file storage in the enterprise. Mr. Iventosch will report to Isilon’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations, Steve Fitz. Prior to joining Isilon, Mr. Iventosch served as Vice President of Global Channels at NetApp, where he initially ran the company’s $80 million Americas channel business and eventually became Vice President of Worldwide Channels and grew global channel revenue to $2.4 billion in 2008.

"Leonard Iventosch is one of the most widely respected, recognized and successful channel leaders in the enterprise storage market," said Sujal Patel, Chief Executive Officer, Isilon Systems. "We are thrilled to have a veteran channel executive with a proven track record of building and sustaining more than a billion dollars a year in revenue."

"Isilon’s scale-out file storage systems are redefining the enterprise storage market," said Leonard Iventosch, Vice President of Global Channels and OEM. "I am truly energized by the opportunity to build a rich channel ecosystem around what is to become the next major company in the enterprise storage market."

Mr. Iventosch most recently served as Vice President of Global Channels at NetApp. Prior to joining NetApp, Iventosch served as the Channel Sales Manager for the Western United States at Data General. Prior to joining Data General, Iventosch was President of Strategic Sales Corporation, a company focused on developing and implementing marketing plans and sales strategies for small resellers without sales organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Davis, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Berkeley.