i365, A Seagate Company, Announces New Leadership in EMEA

i365, Inc., A Seagate Company (NASDAQ:STX), today announced that Johan Pellicaan has joined the company as i365’s Managing Director for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Pellicaan will be responsible for all i365 European operations and will manage the company’s growth in EMEA as customers continue to embrace i365’s Cloud-Connected storage solutions across multi-platform environments.

Pellicaan previously was the EMEA Director for Microsoft Corporation’s Office Business Applications group and the Global Sales Director for the Duet Business Unit — a joint venture with SAP developing business process solutions within Microsoft Office.

Prior to joining i365, Johan Pellicaan had been advising several early-stage technology companies on sales and marketing around the world. His services focused on creating go-to-market strategies, channel development, and sales management in EMEA and international markets.

i365 provides EVault® on-premise, cloud, and edge data protection solutions, often deployed in combination as Cloud-Connected "hybrids,” to help small to mid-size organizations protect and access their business data.

"Johan has 30 years’ experience in the technology business inside Europe and beyond — and as we look to expand the EVault footprint with our Cloud-Connected solutions, Johan’s knowledge of how to best work with local and regional channel partners and history of success will make him an important member of the executive team,” said Dave Hallmen, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for i365. "I’m excited about the opportunity to work with him to build our international channel presence for i365 worldwide.”

Prior to his work with Microsoft, Pellicaan spent eight years at ProClarity Corporation as Managing Director, International. Before joining ProClarity, he ran sales and marketing for one of Hewlett-Packard’s distributors in the Benelux region for over ten years. Prior to working in distribution, Pellicaan spent many years at Philips Data Systems and Gestetner, a leading provider of document management solutions.

About i365

i365, A Seagate Company, provides EVault on-premise, cloud, and edge data protection solutions, often deployed in combination as Cloud-Connected "hybrids,” to help small to mid-size organizations protect and access their business data — anytime, anywhere. Through a uniquely integrated ecosystem of storage software, SaaS, managed services and appliances, we help our customers meet the challenges of maintaining business continuity in multi-platform, multi-site environments. Our data protection, disaster recovery and other solutions are optimized to perform in a distributed environment, supported by a secure, reliable cloud storage infrastructure, and backed by the highest quality customer service. Our solutions are sold through a broad reseller network, and power the products and services of managed service providers, data centers, telcos, application providers, and other technology partners for more than 30,000 customers worldwide. www.i365.com.

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