Patrick Harr

Current

Chairman at Asankya, Inc.
Founder and Managing Director at Cloud Strategy Group

Past

Founder and CEO at Nirvanix, Inc.
Entreprenuer in Residence at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
CEO at Preventsys (Acq'd: NYSE McAfee)

VP of Enterprise Products at McDATA, Corp.
VP of Marketing and Business Development at Sanera Systems
VP of Marketing at CacheFlow (Now Bluecoat)
DIrector of Product Management at Novell

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Education

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Tulane University

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Information Technology and Services

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Patrick Harr’s Experience

Chairman

Asankya, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Networking industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Founder and Managing Director

Cloud Strategy Group

(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

The Cloud Strategy Group provides strategic planning and consulting for vendors delivering cloud computing products and services. In addition, we advise companies planning to implement cloud computing services into their data center environments. The Cloud Consulting Group draws on the extensive cloud operating experience of its consultants and works with clients to gain the clear competitive edge required for success. See www.cloudsg.com for further information.
Founder and CEO

Nirvanix, Inc.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

January 2007 — January 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Nirvanix is a leading enterprise cloud storage service provider.
Nirvanix has built a global cluster of storage nodes collectively referred to as the Storage Delivery Network (SDN), powered by its proprietary virtual file system. With the ability to store multiple file copies in multiple geographic nodes, the SDN enables unparalleled data availability and performance for developers, businesses and enterprises.

- Raised $18M in capital from leading investors including Intel
- Founded and developed vision for Storage Delivery Network and CloudNAS (virtual NAS gateway)
- Built cross-functional team of strong industry professionals
- Secured over 600 business customers and partners in target media and backup/archival segments including General Electric, The Planet, Nero, CDNetworks and others
- Received multiple industry and analyst awards including 2007 Top Ten Storage Companies from Byte and Switch and Network World
Entreprenuer in Residence

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)
CEO

Preventsys (Acq'd: NYSE McAfee)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)
VP of Enterprise Products

McDATA, Corp.

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years)
VP of Marketing and Business Development

Sanera Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

September 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 2 months)
VP of Marketing

CacheFlow (Now Bluecoat)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)
DIrector of Product Management

Novell

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; novl; Computer Software industry)

April 1995 — March 2000 (5 years)

Patrick Harr’s Education

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

MBA , Marketing and Entreprenurial Studies , 1992 — 1994
Tulane University

BA , Political Economy and Russian , 1986 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Nu Fraternity