NEWS:Allen F. Yuhas Appointed Vice President of Sales at Ridge Technologies
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ridge(TM) Technologies, Inc. a newly formed Silicon Valley company focused on mass storage solutions for the NT server market, announced today that Allen F. Yuhas, former senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at QMS, Inc. has been appointed vice president of Sales at Ridge Technologies. In his capacity as vice president of Sales, Mr. Yuhas will be responsible for developing the company's sales strategy and will manage all OEM relationships and distribution channel efforts. Ed Turner, who was acting in the vice president of Sales position, will now be devoted full time to product marketing activities.
"Mr. Yuhas is an experienced sales executive with extensive knowledge and understanding of the industry," said Bob Graham, chief executive officer of Ridge Technologies. "We are very pleased to have him as part of our team."
"I am excited for the opportunity to join Ridge Technologies in the early stages," said Yuhas. "The company and product are very exciting, and with the rapid growth in this segment of the market, the future is very promising. Not to mention, a start-up is something I've always wanted to do."
Yuhas has over 25 years of broad experience in sales, marketing and customer service. Most recently Yuhas was senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at QMS, and responsible for all sales, marketing and customer service and support functions on a worldwide basis. Prior to QMS, Mr. Yuhas was senior vice president of Sales at Storage Dimensions, Inc. and was responsible for all aspects of the company's worldwide sales and customer support functions. Mr. Yuhas also spent time in management positions at RasterOps Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Paradyne Corporation and Burroughs Corporation.
Yuhas holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and English from the University of South Alabama.
About Ridge Technologies, Inc.
Ridge Technologies is specializing in solutions for the rapidly expanding storage subsystems market -- also a leading sector of growth in the storage market. Ridge will focus on highly available, easy-to-administer, cost effective storage solutions for the mid-range NT server market, with emphasis on RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) and Fibre Channel technologies. The company plans to ship its first products in the first half of 1998.
Founded by former MSL, Inc. co-founder and Sun Sparc Division head Bob Graham, Ridge Technologies has drawn together a distinguished ensemble of former top R&D, manufacturing, and product marketing talent from Sun and Apple Computer, Inc. The management team includes three former Sun marketing and operations executives: Ed Turner, Mark Jackson and Mike Moore, and six former Apple R&D, operations and marketing executives: Gregg Zehr, Chris Hamlin, Mike Williams, Mark Oney, Jim McCluney and Barbara Cardillo.
Ridge Technologies has established headquarters at 2199 Zanker Road in San Jose. To learn more about the company, check out the Company's web site at www.RidgeTechnologies.com.
NOTE: Ridge is a trademark of Ridge Technologies. All other companies and products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
SOURCE Ridge Technologies, Inc.
CO: Ridge Technologies, Inc.
ST: California
IN: CPR
SU: PER
01/07/98 08:38 EST prnewswire.com |
