John Matze previously was the founder and CEO of Siafu Software (acquired by Hifn in 2007), where his mission was to develop storage appliances that offer enterprise-level functionality and encryption for small to medium sized companies. Matze, one of CRN Magazine's 2003 Top 25 Innovators, is also one of the original authors of the iSCSI protocol. He has over 15 years of storage software experience including: vice president & CTO, Overland Storage; director of software, Veritas Software; and principal architect, STAC. Matze has also been the creator of many successful products including: Overland Storage REO products, Okapi ipXcelerator, STAC Replica for NetWare and APC PowerChute UPS Monitoring Software. |