Onaro Appoints Brett Hawkes as Director, Business Development
BOSTON, MA – May 23, 2006 – Onaro, Inc., the leader in storage service management (SSM), today announced that Brett Hawkes has joined the company as director of business development. Hawkes comes to Onaro from Aarohi Communications, acquired by Emulex Corporation earlier this month. He has more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience, with over 15 years in the storage industry.
“We have seen tremendous demand from the OEM community and other storage solution partners to engage with Onaro as we move forward with our storage service management vision,” said Doug McNary, president and CEO, Onaro, Inc. “Brett has significant experience working with strategic partners and developing OEM relationships. His experience and background will be a valuable addition to Onaro’s team as we continue to grow our distribution channels and partner relationships.”
“Onaro presented the perfect opportunity for me – a compelling technology solving a big customer problem, a ‘who’s who’ list of customers, a profitable high-growth company, and an opportunity to join an experienced team,” said Brett Hawkes, director of business development.
At Aarohi Communications, Hawkes closed key tier-one OEM partnerships as director of OEM sales. Prior to Aarohi, he managed OEM relations for Vixel. Earlier in his career, he held sales and sales management positions with CommVault Systems, StorageTek and Stratus Computer. Hawkes holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Syracuse University.
About Onaro, Inc.
Onaro is the leader in storage service management (SSM) enabling enterprises to increase service quality, return on storage, and compliance by managing storage as a service. Unlike traditional storage resource management (SRM) applications which are device centric, Onaro’s SANscreen® provides a clear service view into a SAN’s access paths, redundancy, replication and performance. SANscreen is being used by the world’s largest companies in banking, retail, entertainment, data communications and wireless telecom. A partial customer list includes AOL, CareGroup Healthcare System, Countrywide Financial Corporation, JetBlue Airways, Priority Healthcare, State Street Global Advisors, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. For more information, please visit www.onaro.com.
