Rod Christensen has joined virtual backup services provider
NovaStor as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice President of Engineering. The company, which has headquarters in Zug, Switzerland and a presence in Agoura Hills, USA and Hamburg, Germany, prides itself on providing “Backup for the Rest of Us.” Its data backup solutions cater to businesses of a range of sizes and are on "both sides of the cloud" - covering both virtual and physical environments.
Mr. Christensen is a 25-year industry veteran whose focus has been to establish solutions for difficult data storage requirements. His previous position before joining NovaStor was Vice President of Software Development at CA where he was in charge of 250 staff responsible for the engineering behind CA Enterprise software. Prior to CA he was co-founder of Yosemite Technologies which was acquired by Barracuda Networks.
“There are so many great things happening at NovaStor right now and the opportunity to acquire such a resource as Rod could not have come at a better point in time," explained NovaStor's CEO Stefan Utzinger. "Rod is a class act all the way through and there is no doubt regarding his capabilities and the value he brings to a growing company like NovaStor. Rod is tailor-made for this position and he will definitely play a fundamental role in the determining and delivering of NovaStor’s future product direction.”
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