COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 11, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity solutions, announced today the appointment of Stuart Berman to Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President. With more than 25 years of technology and storage industry experience, Mr. Berman will lead the company's Technology Office and drive the development of Emulex's overall technology strategy and vision. He will report directly to Emulex President and Chief Executive Officer, Jim McCluney.
"During his tenure at Emulex, Stuart has been instrumental in identifying and creating technology roadmaps that have yielded strategic opportunities and provided the company a competitive advantage," McCluney said. "His straight-forward leadership style is an excellent complement to the Emulex senior management team, and I look forward to further leveraging his diverse skill set. I have confidence Stuart will drive the development of fundamental technologies and facilitate Emulex's long term product vision and business strategies."
Mr. Berman joined Emulex in 2003 as Vice President and CTO of Emulex Embedded Switches following the Company's acquisition of Vixel. As CTO of Vixel, he was a driving force behind the Company's transition into the emerging embedded switching market and helped establish a leadership position for its InSpeed and FibreSpy products, which are now deployed by nearly all of the world's leading storage system OEMs. Additionally, Mr. Berman was named to the list of Top 25 CTOs for 2005 by InfoWorld Media Group for his exceptional innovation and leadership in this area.
Berman said, "The rate of innovation in the area of storage access has never been greater. I'm thrilled at the opportunity to lead Emulex's Technology Office and drive innovative solutions for our customers in this exciting new era in storage ecosystems."
Mr. Berman holds a master's degree in Computer Science from University of California, Los Angeles, and earned a bachelor's degree with honors from University of California, San Diego. Mr. Berman has been awarded eight patents for inventions in the area of Fibre Channel technology.
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Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity and a leading provider of critical building blocks for intelligent data center infrastructure solutions. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, embedded storage switching, intelligent storage platforms and I/O controller products to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX). Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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