Adaptec Names John Noellert Vice President of Americas Channel Sales and Marketing7 March 2006
Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT), a global leader
in storage solutions, today announced that it has appointed John Noellert
as vice president, Americas channel sales and marketing. In a career that
spans 25 years, Noellert has held executive sales and marketing positions
with a number of technology companies including Intransa, Inc., Brocade
Communications Systems, Cornerstone Peripherals Technology, and Compact
Devices.
This appointment marks Noellert's return to Adaptec where he had previously
served as vice president of channel sales from 1992 to1996.
"John brings over two decades of successful sales development and business
leadership in the global technology industry to Adaptec," said Russ
Johnson, vice president of worldwide sales at Adaptec. "Additional
strengths lie in his channel sales and marketing management expertise in
conjunction with analytical skills particularly with regard to forecast and
pipeline management. He will play a key role in building on Adaptec's
robust channel relationships, helping to further increase the success of
our valued channel partners through renewed focus, programs and
activities."
"Adaptec has a significant base of intellectual property and a strong brand
name that has helped to maintain its presence in the market for more than
24 years," said John Noellert, vice president of Americas channel sales and
marketing at Adaptec. "Now, with a new product line based on next
generation Serial Attached SCSI technology, I believe that Adaptec is
poised for renewed strength in the channel. I am very excited to be back at
Adaptec leading its channel sales and marketing efforts."
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statements include statements regarding future events or the future
performance of Adaptec. These forward-looking statements are based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions and involve a number of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements.
These risks include: new management's ability to drive increased sales,
identifying potential buyers for the Systems business; market demand for
RAID and Serial Attached SCSI products; difficulty in forecasting the
volume and timing of customer orders; reduced demand in the server, network
storage and desktop computer markets; our target markets' failure to
accept, or delay in accepting, network storage and other advanced storage
solutions, including our SAS, SATA and iSCSI lines of products; decline in
consumer acceptance of our current products; the timing and volume of
orders by OEM customers for storage products; our ability to control and
manage costs associated with the delivery of new products; and the adverse
effects of the intense competition we face in our business. For a more
complete discussion of risks related to our business, reference is made to
the section titled "Risk Factors" included in our Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q filed on November 7, 2005, on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Adaptec assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
information that is included in this release.
About Adaptec
Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT) provides trusted storage solutions that
reliably move, manage, and protect critical data and digital content.
Adaptec's software and hardware-based solutions are delivered through
leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and channel partners to
provide storage connectivity, data protection, and networked storage to
enterprises, government organizations, medium and small businesses, and
consumers worldwide. Adaptec is an S&P Small Cap 600 Index member. More
information is available at www.adaptec.com.
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Adaptec, Inc.
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Adaptec, Inc.
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