Ms. Christensen is recognized across the storage networking industry as an accomplished executive and as a distinguished contributor to the establishment of industry standards. As the founding VP of Marketing at Brocade Communications, she developed the Brocade brand and successfully launched the company's first products. She also served as VP of Marketing at TROIKA Networks, and has held marketing and sales executive positions at Adaptec and DEC. As Chair of the Fibre Channel Association, Ms. Christensen led the deployment of storage networking standards industry-wide. She also served on the Board of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), where she developed the Storage Networking World (SNW) conference as the premier industry event for end-users and the vendor community. Ms. Christensen currently is an Advisory Board member for InMage Systems, Intransa and MaXXan. In addition to Cloverleaf she serves on the Board of Apara Enterprise Solutions and she co-founded the industry recognized Storage Networking Summit (SNS) in India. The primary focus of her marketing expertise is in end-user adoption strategies, the deployment of new technologies, increasing industry knowledge amongst key executive decision makers and reaching new markets. She holds an MBA from Seattle University. |