Plexxi appoints Clark Masters to its Board of Directors

NASHUA, N.H., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Plexxi Inc., a pioneer of next-generation networking products, today announced high-tech veteran, Clark Masters, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. As Senior Vice President of HANA Cloud Computing at SAP, Masters reports to the CTO and is responsible for strategy and advanced architectures relating to in-memory database operation in public and private clouds. Masters will fill the board seat vacated when Rich Napolitano took over as Plexxi's CEO in November of 2014.

"Clark's deep experience and perspective as a visionary and strategist will help Plexxi achieve its goals as we transform networking for the next great era of computing," said Napolitano, President and CEO of Plexxi.

With more than 30 years of technology and industry leadership with organizations such as SAP, Sun Microsystems and Cray Research, Masters brings to Plexxi's board a wealth of high-technology vision, knowledge and execution. He joins Napolitano; David Husak, Plexxi Founder, CTO and EVP of Products & Technology; Chris Schaepe, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Tim Barrows, General Partner, Matrix Partners and Jamie Goldstein, Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners on the company's Board.

"The dynamics of IT have changed. Cloud computing, distributed applications and data have forced a requirement for a new type of network architecture," said Masters. "Plexxi is ahead of the pack when it comes to meeting the new challenges presented by the rapid growth of the Internet of Things, big data, mobile and cloud. I'm pleased to join such a talented and visionary team as we work together to move the networking industry towards the next era of IT."

Plexxi's Board will continue to support the company's ongoing expansion and efforts to drive the networking industry's transition to an application – and data – focused era powered by the explosive growth of Internet of Things, mobile, social media, cloud and Big Data applications.

About Plexxi Inc.
Plexxi is a pioneer of next-generation networking products and solutions for scale-out datacenter and cloud environments. Plexxi's products – Plexxi Control and the Plexxi Switch – and market solutions create an optimized network that dynamically helps applications perform better. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Plexxi has raised $48+ million in venture financing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners and Northbridge Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.plexxi.com or follow us on Twitter @Plexxi Inc. 

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