SerialTek Announces New President, Richard Whitmarsh, And Establishes Board Of Directors
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SerialTek, the industry leader in storage protocol analysis, today announced the appointment of Richard Whitmarsh as president. Mr. Whitmarsh brings over 20 years of IT industry experience to his new role having served previously as a Senior Manager at Cisco Systems. Mr. Whitmarsh succeeds Dale Smith who was president and co-founder of SerialTek. Dale, along with several members of his family, perished in a tragic small aircraft accident, in early December.
"I am committed to continuing the legacy of Dale in supplying the storage and other industries with world-class analysis and test solutions," said Mr. Whitmarsh. "I am excited and look forward to opportunities and challenges here at SerialTek. As we move forward, our customers can continue to expect innovative solutions to accelerate their design, test and validation efforts.
Mr. Whitmarsh has experience in leading and growing organizations and managing transitions as technology changes. While at Cisco, Richard held many leadership roles, most recently as the equivalent of a General Manager of Network Services. He was responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the corporate network along with other network services. He also worked with the technology product groups to provide product feedback and drive prioritization of features needed in an enterprise.
Mr. Whitmarsh graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a Bachelor of Information Technology and more recently a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix.
In addition to Mr. Whitmarsh's appointment, SerialTek announced the formation of a Board of Directors responsible for setting SerialTek's business direction.
Appointed to the Board are:-
- Janis Smith, Former CFO of Data Transit
- Rand Kriech, SerialTek co-founder and President of Protocol Test
- Paul Mutschler, SerialTek co-founder, and CEO/Managing Director of Serial Cables
- Jim Robertson, retired businessman and protocol analysis industry veteran
About SerialTek
SerialTek has been in operation since 2007 and is the world-class supplier of protocol analysis tools to the storage and related industries. Its flagship line of BusXpert SAS, SATA and PCIe protocol analyzers is the industry's leader featuring powerful triggering, high-speed search, and ultra-fast save and display capabilities.
For additional information about Serialtek, visit the website at www.serialtek.com
SOURCE SerialTek, LLC
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