Winner: Eric Herzog — IBM
Eric Herzog is Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President, Worldwide Storage Channels for IBM Storage. Eric’s responsibilities include worldwide product marketing and management for IBM's award-winning family of storage solutions, software defined storage and converged infrastructure, as well as responsibility for global storage channels. Herzog has over 34 years of experience in the storage industry, managing all aspects of marketing, product management, sales, alliances, channels, and business development in both Fortune 500 and start-up storage companies and is frequently seen speaking at major storage and IT conferences across the globe.