SEPATON Names SVP of Business Development and Product Management

In this new role, Joe Forgione will provide focused leadership in identifying, negotiating, and executing strategic alliances and business relationships.

SEPATON, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class disk-based data protection solutions, yesterday announced the appointment of Joe Forgione as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Product Management.

The company articulates that in this new role, Forgione will provide focused leadership in identifying, negotiating, and executing strategic alliances and business relationships to enable its continued growth and to further strengthen its position as an industry leader. Forgione will also lead the company's Product Management team to ensure that its business development strategy, product development, and business development efforts are strategically aligned. He will report to Fidelma Russo, the company's Chief Operating Officer.

According to it, Forgione brings to this position extensive senior management experience in large high technology companies. Most recently, he was CEO of mValent, a data center applications management software company, where he formed a major reseller partnership with HP and subsequently negotiated mValent's acquisition by Oracle in 2009. Forgione holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of business and a BS in Engineering from MIT.

"Joe's broad experience in business development and senior management, along with his many years of experience in the information technology industry, make him a key addition to our team," said Russo. "I expect him to work very closely with our executive team to ensure our customers continue to receive the enterprise-class products and services that SEPATON customers have come to expect."

"SEPATON is taking the right approach by focusing on high-performance, grid scalability, as well as advanced reporting and management to deliver intelligent data protection," said Forgione. "That's where data protection needs to go and where our customers, partners and the market want us to take it. The unique capabilities of SEPATON's portfolio give me a strong platform upon which to build highly leveraged strategic partnerships with other major players in the industry."