Since 2011, Geoff Barrall has been working in Gridstore. This expert is a qualified Chairman with over 25 years of work experience. According to Geoff's CV and work profile, Geoff has worked at more than 15 companies with diverse backgrounds and gained different skills. Geoff attended school at the The University of Reading from 1990 to 1993. Geoff Barrall can be found in San Francisco, California – where this expert is currently located. You can search for this person's e-mail and phone. We can also provide you additional contact information upon request.
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Geoffrey Barrall
Last updated May 15, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Aug 7, 2013
Email
gb**@imation.com, ge**@gmail.com, gb**@drobo.com
Location
San Francisco, CA
Company
Workplace
Chairman
Mountain View, CA
Industry
Computer Software, Nonclassifiable Establishments, Whol Computers/Peripherals
Colleagues
Work History
CEO
Founder and CEO of Connected Data, makers of the Transporter. Transporter is the first real alternative to the cloud for simple and cost effective sharing and collaboration, offsite backup a...
from Nov 2011
Board Member
Canada
Board member from the early stages through until the company's acquisition by Intel.
Nov 2010 — Jul 2012
CTO & VP Engineering
Public company officer. Managing Overland Storage’s product development, including all product management, engineering, and research and development functions. Also responsible for I.T. and ...
Mar 2010 — Sep 2011
Board Member
Member of the Board of Directors at Nexsan Technologies. Remained on the board until the completion of the company's sales to Imation.
Jul 2008 — Jan 2013
CEO
Grew sales from zero to $40M annual run-rate within ten quarters of initial product launch through strong vertical focus and tightly integrated channel strategy
Built team by hiring key exec...
Apr 2005 — Dec 2009
Principle and Founder
Working with established companies such as Brocade on product strategy and several startup companies such Tacit Networks and Data Domain on product development and marketing strategies.
Aug 2004 — Apr 2005
Board Member
Served on the board focused on helping with business development, product and marketing strategy. Tacit was sold to Packeteer in 2006.
Jul 2004 — Sep 2006
SVP Marketing, CTO and Founder
During this period served as the company CTO and directed product strategy. Managed all aspects of marketing including Product Marketing, PR and Marcom. Grew lead generation from marketing a...
May 2003 — Aug 2004
CTO and Founder
Served as corporate CTO. During this period I presented on the CTO panel at most major storage events, wrote an industry commentary piece which had a readership of 60,000 at it's peak, direc...
May 2001 — May 2003
SVP Engineering and Founder
During this period I founded BlueArc and grew the core engineering team from zero to around eighty individuals. Developed and brought to market the worlds first SiliconServer.
Nov 1998 — May 2001
Head of Services
During this period I managed all technical operations for Ultima who were the number 2 and number 3 reseller for Digital and Compaq in the UK. I designed and managed the implementation of ma...
Jun 1997 — Nov 1998
Founder and Partner
Founded and built a company specializing in the import and distribution into channel of new innovative US technology products into the UK channel from companies such as Packeteer and NetScout.
Jun 1996 — Jun 1997
CEO and Founder
During this period created a company to outsource small business IT support for many UK based companies. Managed all aspects of IT including supply, installation and support.
Jun 1994 — Jun 1996
Education
1990 — 1993
1987 — 1990
Occupations
Executive
Vice President of Engineering
Technology Director
Vice President
Chief Executive
Technology Manager
Technical Managers
Skills
Start Ups
Product Management
Product Marketing
Strategy
Storage
Strategic Partnerships
Cloud Computing
Product Development
Saas
Data Center
Business Development
Go To Market Strategy
Lead Generation
Demand Generation
Management
Business Alliances
Enterprise Software
Business Strategy
Leadership
Marketing Strategy
New Business Development
Channel Partners
Product Launch
Strategic Planning
Competitive Analysis
Engineering
Team Building
Sales
Sales Enablement
Team Leadership
Business Planning
Mergers and Acquisitions
Venture Capital
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Nas
Visionary
Storage Area Networks
Software As A Service
Network Attached Storage
San
Product Strategy
Strategy Development