TwinStrata Management Team

Nicos manages all day to day company functions at TwinStrata. Nicos has spent 20 years in the data storage field, both as a business manager and as an entrepreneur and founder in startup companies. Most recently, Nicos served as Vice President of Product Strategy and Technology at Incipient, Inc., where he helped deliver the industry's first storage virtualization solution embedded in a Cisco switch fabric.

Prior to Incipient, Nicos was General Manager of the storage virtualization business at Hewlett-Packard, where he managed a multi-site business, delivering several releases of network storage virtualization products and growing the business to include host-based products. Nicos came to HP with the acquisition of StorageApps where he was the founding VP of Engineering. At StorageApps, he built a team that brought to market the industry's first storage virtualization appliance. Nicos was instrumental in the sale of StorageApps to Hewlett-Packard for $350M in 2001. Prior to StorageApps, Nicos spent a number of years in the data storage industry working at Sun Microsystems and Encore Computer. At Encore, Nicos architected and delivered Encore Computer's SP data replication products that were a key factor in the $185M sale of Encore's storage division to Sun Microsystems.

Nicos holds an MS in Computer Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

John runs technology development and strategic direction at TwinStrata. John has been a technologist in the storage industry for 20 years. Most recently, John worked at Incipient, Inc. in the advanced development group to broaden Incipient's technology portfolio and as a technology manager for OEM partners.

Prior to Incipient, John held the role of Distinguished Technologist in the data storage division of Hewlett-Packard, working directly with both HP Labs and the storage business, and was responsible for defining next generation storage technologies. John came to HP from the acquisition of StorageApps in 2001, where he was the founding Chief Architect and built and patented the flexible architecture used in the industry's first storage virtualization appliance. Prior to StorageApps, John spent a number of years in the data storage industry working at Sun Microsystems and Encore Computer. At Encore, John delivered unique snapshot technologies as well as a data sharing framework between open systems and mainframes, both of which were key factors in the sale of Encore's storage division to Sun Microsystems.

John holds a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from Brown University.

Nick is responsible for all financial, legal and internal operational matters at TwinStrata. Nick has over 20 years experience in corporate and commercial law and business operations. Prior to joining TwinStrata, Nick was Chief Operating Officer at RightPath Payments, Inc., an early-stage company developing and offering ASP hosted, bank-branded business-to-business financing and payment solutions.

Previously, Nick served as an Executive Officer and General Counsel of Coradiant, a venture-capital funded provider of Internet managed services, complex web site monitoring, and performance management software services. Prior to Coradiant, Nick served as an Executive Officer and General Counsel of CO Space, a venture-funded builder and operator of network neutral collocation/data centers and provider of managed services to the Internet, telecommunications and data storage markets. Nick played a key role in increasing the company valuation from its seed and $28M first round financing to $244M at final sale of the company in 16 months. Previously, Nick practiced business law for 14 years in Boston at Goulston & Storrs and Rich, May.

Nick is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Ann is responsible for leading the Sales efforts at TwinStrata and brings twenty plus years of executive experience in worldwide sales, market creation, and channel development. Particularly skilled in building out sales and marketing organizations, she has proven success in start-up and established business environments, public and private companies, marketing and sales, and domestic and international markets.

Most recently, Ann was at NaviSite, a leader in Managed Cloud services, where she was focused on establishing a sales channel for the SMB market segment. Prior to that, she served as VP Sales at Bluesocket, a leading provider of virtual wireless solutions, where she successfully established a strong distribution channel worldwide. Before that, she held the VP Worldwide Sales & Marketing title at MCK Communications, a leading-edge provider of communications products that enhance customers' networked voice systems. Her early career was spent at Verizon in a variety of increasingly responsible strategic roles, holding positions in every functional area.

Ann holds a degree in business from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Boston University