iXsystems
Marcelo Durand serves as the General Manager at iXsystems since September 2020, focusing on revenue and partner growth. Previous roles include VP of Business Development/Sales and Acting CEO at NUX Technologies (2017 - December 2019), and Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services & Pre-Sales at Infoblox (November 2014 - August 2016). Additionally, Marcelo held various senior positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, and Logicalis/Soft Net, with a strong emphasis on sales and systems engineering in Latin America and worldwide. Marcelo has an Executive Development Program certification from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences from Universidad Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas (Universidad CAECE).
iXsystems
iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS®, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in over 200 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500 companies. It helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. Thousands of organizations have chosen TrueNAS® Enterprise systems and support from iX, rating it 4.9/5 and a Customer’s Choice on Gartner Peer Insights™. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2002, iXsystems is a profitable self-funded company with no outside investors. This independence allows the company to focus solely on making users and customers successful, offering an alternative to traditional commercial storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and overpriced.