DATADIRECT NETWORKS - Key Persons

Alex Bouzari - CEO, Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:

Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Co - Founder
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Executives Team

Bret Weber

Job Titles:

Member of the Executives Team
Executive Vice President, Engineering

Bret Weber joined DDN in August 2010 and brings more than 30 years of experience to his role as Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer. Formerly, Bret held leadership positions at LSI Corporation and its various antecedents, where he was an LSI Fellow as well as Chief Architect for Engenio Storage Group. Weber holds more than 50 issued patents in the areas of storage software, hardware and systems, and most notably assisted in building standards for end-to-end data integrity which resulted in the T10 DIF Protection Information Model that is widely used today. Weber holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University

Dean Koester

Job Titles:

Chief Technical Officer / Dean Koester / Sr. Vice President, Field Sales, Americas & Europe
VP, Field Sales, Americas & Europe

With over 25 years of engineering, marketing and sales experience, Dean brings a unique perspective on how to address the biggest challenges in highly scalable storage environments. Prior to joining DDN, Dean held sales and management positions at IBM, Penguin Computing, Rackable Systems (Now SGI) and Red Hat, as well as engineering and management positions at Motorola and Siemens. Dean earned his Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering and Master's in Engineering Management from Northwestern University.