Brad Thompson

Experience

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  FusionStorm

  Jan 2003 - Jul 2009

  Senior Vice President of Sales and Field Operations

  - Senior Vice President of Marketing and Field Operations - 3/09 to 7/09Brad Thompson was promoted to senior vice president of marketing and field operations in March of 2009. He has over 16 years of sales and management experience and is now responsible for FusionStorm and their wholly owned subsidiary, Jeskell’s marketing and communications strategies, key vendor and distributor relationships, and internal operations. Mr. Thompson also bears responsibility for FusionStorm’s go-to-market plans and sales enablement programs, all of which focus on new customer acquisition and growth within our existing client base. - Vice President of Sales - Oct. '04 to March '09 Mr. Thompson joined the company as director of sales when FusionStorm acquired CAT Technology in May 2003. In 2004, he was promoted to Vice President of Sales. Under Mr. Thompson’s sales leadership, FusionStorm’s revenues had a compounded annual growth rate of over 55 percent from 2003-2008. Total company revenue growth went from ~ $30MM in 2003 to nearly $470MM in 2008. He was instrumental in the success of the company’s national expansion strategy as demonstrated by the opening of 12 additional sales offices in four additional regions across the country since 2005. During his tenure, Mr. Thompson has added several highly successful technology product lines to FusionStorm’s solution offerings, including lines from Cisco Systems, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, VMware, HP, and F5, to name just a few. Mr. Thompson also sat on 7 of the companies manufacture advisory boards and was also instrumental in their Manufacture, Partner, and Distributor relationships. Prior to joining FusionStorm, he held various sales and management positions with Basis, Inc. and Avcom Technologies. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of California at Berkeley. He also attended the Wharton School of Business Executive Development Program at University of Pennsylvania. Show less

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  Bear Data Solutions, Inc, (acquired by Datalink Corporation Oct. 2014)

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2014

  Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing

  I am responsible for overseeing the Company's Sales and Marketing teams with the focus of increasing market presence, driving sales and diversifying BEAR Data’s traction in key verticals. I am also responsible for all vendor, manufacturer, and distributor relationships, concentrating on expanding opportunities for the Company's key vendors, such as NetApp, Cisco and VMware, as well as adding the appropriate technologies so that BEAR Data can continue to offer it’s clients the most cost-efficient, scalable and technologically advanced solutions. Show less

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  Datalink (acquired Bear Data Solutions Oct. 2014)

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2016

  Regional Sales Director

  A complete data center solutions and services provider, Datalink helps Fortune 500 and mid-tier enterprises get the most from every IT investment – with storage, server, and network expertise across the infrastructure. We deliver greater business results throughout the data center, designing what we sell, deploying what we design, and supporting what we deliver. Companies value our objective, unbiased approach. We are not locked into one manufacturer or limited to specific technologies – allowing us to design custom solutions using the best-available technologies from the industry’s top storage, networking, and server innovators. Focused on data center optimization, our comprehensive portfolio comprises virtualization and consolidation, data storage and protection, advanced network infrastructures, and business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. Our solutions are complemented by a full lifecycle of services, including consulting, analysis, design, implementation, management, and support. Since 1987, we have been helping companies improve the business value of their IT. We draw from that experience for every IT solution we deliver, building on our documented best practices and proven expertise to develop unique technology solutions to meet the needs of our customers. Based in Eden Prairie, MN, Datalink more than 32 locations throughout the United States.Headquarters:10050 Crosstown Circle Eden Prairie, MN 55344 United StatesWebsite: www.datalink.comCompany Size: 501-1000 employeesFounded in 1987 Show less

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  Hitachi Data Systems

  Sept 2016 - May 2019

  Hitachi has been a leader in OT for industries such as finance, government, manufacturing, power/energy and transportation for over 100 years, providing solutions that have positively impacted cities, industrial operations and businesses at large. The company has also been a leader in IT for over 50 years—bringing IT applications, analytics, content, cloud, and infrastructure solutions to market that have transformed the way enterprises do business. Combining Hitachi’s broad expertise in OT with its proven IT product innovations and solutions, Hitachi Vantara gives customers a powerful, collaborative partner in data Show less

  • Vice President, Global & Strategic Division, West

    Sept 2016 - May 2019

  • Vice President, Global & Strategic Division - West

    Sept 2016 - May 2019
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  Veritas Technologies LLC

  Apr 2019 - now

  Senior Director, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast

  Veritas Technologies empowers businesses of all sizes to discover the truth in information—their most important digital asset. Using the Veritas platform, customers can accelerate their digital transformation and solve pressing IT and business challenges including multi-cloud data management, data protection, storage optimization, compliance readiness and workload portability—with no cloud vendor lock-in. Ninety-seven percent of Fortune 100 companies rely on Veritas today to reveal data insights that drive competitive advantage. Show less

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  Cohesity

  Dec 2024 - now

  Senior Director, Mid-Atlantic and South

  A modern platform for the AI eraOur mission at Cohesity is simple: to protect, secure, and provide insights into the world’s data. The largest organizations around the globe rely on us to strengthen their business resilience.With the Cohesity Data Cloud, we are able to deliver on that mission. Our customers can recover from cyber events faster, manage and secure their data at enterprise scale, and gain valuable insights with our industry-leading AI capabilities.