McDATA Names Vice President of the Americas -
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Published on: 8/4/2004
Last Visited: 8/19/2005
Dailey to lead team in aggressive sales engagement
BROOMFIELD, Colo. -August 4, 2004 - McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDTA/MCDT), the expert provider of multi-capable storage networking solutions, today announced the promotion of Michael E. Dailey to vice president of the Americas.Dailey will be responsible for aggressively driving end-customer preference and revenue for McDATA,s solutions, growing current channel relationships and developing new channels that reach expanded customer segments with the value of McDATA,s portfolio.
,We continue to build and execute on our strategy of strengthening our sales team and focusing on end-customer needs as we redefine the future of storage networking through leadership at the heart of the data center,, said Gary Gysin, McDATA,s senior vice president of worldwide sales and services. ,Mike,s sales leadership and understanding of end-customers and their requirements gives us an opportunity to further align our sales organization to drive preference for McDATA solutions.,
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About Michael Dailey:Dailey joined McDATA in 2001 as vice president of Northeastern sales.Prior to McDATA, Dailey spent 13 years working in the IBM sales organization, where his roles included director of sales operations for Server Sales in the Americas, senior program manager of Incentive Strategies for IBM,s hardware, software, services and technical sales organizations, and business unit executive for PC and PC server direct sales.