LOUISVILLE, Colo., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Atrato, Inc. (www.Atrato.com), the leading provider of high performance autonomic tiered storage for data-intensive applications such as virtual environments, virtual desktops (VDI), business and scientific analytics, data warehousing, and Web 2.0 applications, announced today it has added two new members to the company's board of directors. Bobby Culpepper and James Sullivan join an elite group of storage and business luminaries to serve on Atrato's board.  

"As the data access and storage market continues to evolve, there is a unique opportunity in the market to drive new growth and development," stated Steve Visconti, Atrato president and CEO. "Bobby and Jim bring excellent leadership and vision. Their diverse backgrounds, entrepreneurial spirit and keen customer insight will help guide Atrato as we solidify our technology roadmap and strengthen our position as a leading storage innovator."

Mr. Culpepper brings to Atrato a unique combination of technology, business and financial acumen. A former VP of Technology and CIO of Phillips 66 Company, a Division of Phillips Petroleum and Tesoro Petroleum, he was responsible for managing the company's technology strategies. In addition Mr. Culpepper was on several boards including 66 Federal Credit Union. As a board member for ten years and chairman for four, Mr. Culpepper helped the board and management team grow the credit union business from $50 million to $300 million. Most recently, he has used his operational experience to help small, emerging startups accelerate growth. Mr. Culpepper graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a MBA from the University of Oklahoma.

Mr. Sullivan, a retired Eastman Kodak executive, brings over 35 years of experience in business management, research and technical strategy. Having served as CTO/COO for Kodak's Theme Park and Entertainment Business, Kodak's Hollywood Post Production Business, and Kodak's Hollywood Digital Cinema Business, he has spearheaded several initiatives driving improvement in cinema and digital imaging. He currently holds 20 patents in digital imaging technology. Mr. Sullivan was part of the Kodak Doctoral Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has a Master of Science Degree in Physics from the University of Notre Dame.

About Atrato, Inc.

Atrato, Inc. is revolutionizing the data management and storage markets by challenging the traditional thinking on how to optimize storage. Atrato's autonomic tiered storage architecture solves the productivity challenges created by performance starved applications to overcome the physical limitations of traditional disk I/O systems. Its unique, high performance solutions combine autonomic software, high density spinning disk and tightly integrated SSD technology to deliver unparalleled performance density, scalability, and management, at the industry's lowest operational costs. For more information, visit www.atrato.com.

SOURCE Atrato, Inc.

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