QualiSystems Names Former EMC Technologist Joan Wrabetz as New CTO

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- QualiSystems, the leading provider of DevOps orchestration and automation solutions for IT infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Joan Wrabetz as the company's Chief Technology Officer.

Wrabetz most recently served as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the EMC Emerging Products Division. In that role, she was responsible for technology strategy and business development in the areas of cloud storage, converged infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management and orchestration.

"This announcement comes at a time of rapid growth for QualiSystems, with key partnerships in the converged infrastructure space with EMC, Mellanox, Brocade, and billions of dollars of infrastructure under management in Global 500 organizations including 11 of the top 20 global service providers and the four leading cable operators in North America," said Lior Koriat, Chief Executive Officer at QualiSystems. "The addition of experienced senior talent with proven skills in leading and scaling companies is strategic for the company.  We are proud to have an IT leader of Joan's caliber join our team."

Previously, Wrabetz was the founder and CEO of data analytics company Aumni Data, and the former CEO of Tricord Systems (acquired by Adaptec). She also was the founder and CEO of Aggregate Computing (acquired by Platinum Technologies). In addition, Wrabetz served as Vice President and General Manager for storage area network (SAN) operations at StorageTek. Wrabetz has also been a venture partner at BlueStream Ventures, and she has served on the board of directors for many early stage technology companies.

Wrabetz holds an MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley, an MSEE from Stanford University, and BSEE from Yale University. She holds patents in load balancing, distributed systems, machine learning classification, and analytics.

"I can't think of a more exciting time to join the team at QualiSystems," Wrabetz said. "I am honored to have the opportunity to work with a talented group of people on the leading edge of cloud DevOps orchestration and converged infrastructure."

The QualiSystems automation portfolio provides a comprehensive infrastructure automation platform to support DevOps and cloud transformation. CloudShell enables non-programmers to transform diverse infrastructures – from virtualized systems to bare metal resources – into robust self-service clouds. 

About QualiSystems 
QualiSystems is the leading provider of DevOps orchestration and automation solutions for IT infrastructure, network, development and test organizations. QualiSystems automation makes infrastructure agile to enable business to get to market faster, maximize costly resources, and reduce CAPEX and OPEX waste.

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