Management Team
Patrick Clarke, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Pat Clarke was appointed as CEO in January 2008. He has been Tandberg Data's Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing and Service since May 2007. Clarke joined Tandberg Data in 2006 as Vice President Sales and Marketing EMEA. Before Joining Tandberg Data, Clarke was Vice President and General Manager for Pillar Data Systems. Prior to Pillar Data Systems he held similar positions for Bakbone Software and Overland storage. Having spent some years in the British Armed forces, Mr. Clarke moved into the IT industry working at Quantum and then IBM. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College in Ireland.
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. He holds a PhD in Physics from Dublin City University (DCU).
Kjell Øyvind Aasene, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, EMEA
Kjell Øyvind Aasene, vice president of sales and marketing, EMEA Kjell Øyvind Aasene is Tandberg Data’s vice president of sales and marketing for EMEA. Working at the company’s EMEA headquarters in Dortmund, Germany, he leads the channel and OEM sales and marketing teams for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Aasene is a veteran of the storage industry with over 23 years with Tandberg Data.
Kjell Øyvind Aasene holds a Degree in Electronic Engineering from Horten ingeniørhøgskole and Bedriftsøkonom from Norwegian School of Management.
Raymond Kang, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, APAC and Japan
Raymond Kang is Tandberg Data’s vice president of sales and marketing for the APAC region 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 May 1998 as finance manager, and has since then been promoted to managing director of Tandberg Data APAC. Being instrumental in expanding TD Asia’s presence in Asia Pacific, he was recently promoted to VP of sales and marketing.
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.
Bharat Kumar, Vice President of Marketing and Development
Bharat Kumar was appointed as Vice President, Marketing and Development for Tandberg Data in November 2007 with responsibility for overseeing global marketing and defining the future strategic direction of the company. Kumar joins Tandberg Data from Microsoft Corporation, where he held the position of Business and Marketing Director 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.