Management Team

Nils Hoff, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Nils Hoff joined Tandberg Data in August 2008 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Tandberg Data, Hoff was CFO of Tandberg Storage for two years. Before that, he spent eight years at Data Invest AS as CFO and General Manger in companies where Data Invest AS had ownership.

Hoff holds a DH candidate of economics and administration, auditing and shipping from Agder Distriktshøgskole.

Kevin Devlin, Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Kevin Devlin was appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Tandberg Data in August 2007. Devlin has extensive experience in the storage industry, most recently he was General Manager of Pillar Data Systems (Ireland). Prior to joining Pillar Data Systems he was General Manager of Quantum's European Operations where he worked for 11 years. Preceding Quantum Devlin worked for Amdahl.

Devlin holds a PhD in Physics from Dublin City University (DCU).

Scott Petersen, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Americas

Scott Petersen joined Tandberg Data in October 2007 as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Americas. Petersen is based at the Tandberg Data facility in Boulder, Colorado, where he leads the sales and marketing teams throughout all of North and South America.

Prior to joining Tandberg Data, Petersen held sales leadership roles at McData Corporation, as Vice President of Sales, Eastern US; and BakBone Software, Inc., as Vice President of Sales. Prior to these positions, he served in a variety of leadership functions for several other high-tech companies, including Actiopoint, Inc. in San Jose, California; and Sterling Software in Dallas, Texas.

Scott Petersen holds a Bachelors degree in Finance from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Donald Stewart, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, EMEA

Donald Stewart joined Tandberg in February 2009 as Senior Vice President of EMEA Sales and Marketing. He brings more than 20 years senior international management experience in sales and marketing, most recently at Pillar Data Systems where he held Senior Director positions firstly for EMEA Channel Sales, then for corporate end user sales in South Europe. Prior to Pillar, he was Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing for ACOL Technologies, and before that was Director of EMEA Channel Sales at Quantum Corporation where he worked for 10 years. Previous positions include sales and product management positions at Rank Xerox and Thame Systems.

Stewart holds a BA in Economics from Strathclyde University in Glasgow.

Bharat Kumar, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, APAC and Japan

Bharat Kumar was appointed as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for APAC, Japan and the Middle East in July 2009 and is responsible for developing the channel and OEM business in Asia Pacific. He manages the team of operations, administration, sales and marketing. He joined Tandberg Data in November 2007 as Vice President, Marketing and Development. Prior to joining Tandberg Data Kumar held the position of Business and Marketing Director at Microsoft Corporation, and oversaw the biggest product launches in Microsoft's history.

An established industry visionary, Kumar has extensive experience gained within storage, with previous global strategic positions and marketing roles at BakBone Software and DataCore Software. Prior to this, Kumar held senior marketing and business development roles at ViewSonic and Borland Software.

Kumar holds an MBA and an MSc in Information Technology, along with a BA in Business Studies.

Marije Stijnen, Vice President of Marketing

Marije Stijnen was appointed as Vice President of Marketing at Tandberg Data in July 2009, with responsibility for product management, strategic alliances, global marketing, including public relations, analyst relations, and business development. Prior to this, she was the global director of corporate marketing for Tandberg Data. In this role, she was responsible for Tandberg Data's global marketing and communication strategy. Stijnen joined Tandberg Data in September 2006.

Prior to joining Tandberg Data, Stijnen held various marketing positions at Quantum Corporation including European marketing communications manager for the EMEA region. Before joining Quantum, she worked at Matrox Graphics and Philips Business Communications.

Born in the Netherlands, Stijnen graduated from the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands, in 1997, with a Masters Degree in Management and Organisation. She is located in the United Kingdom.