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Leadership Team

  • Philip Black
    Chief Executive Officer & Board Member

    Storage and telecoms industry veteran Philip Black brings more than 30 years of experience as a CEO to Nexsan. Prior to Nexsan, Philip was President and CEO of LightSand Communications, a market leader in the development of SAN connectivity products, and before that was a Managing Partner at IN_Fusion, a storage industry consulting firm. He has also served as CEO of Box Hill / Dot Hill (NYSE HIL), a storage systems manufacturer that he took public in '97, and as founder and CEO of Tekelec (NASDQ TKLC), a telecoms equipment provider that he took public in '86. Additionally, Philip served as Co-chair of SNIA's ILM and Data Protection Initiatives.

  • Thomas Gosnell
    CEO, Nexsan Canada

    Tom Gosnell offers Nexsan his own brand of drive, innovation, and entrepreneurship in storage technology. Tom was previously Founder and CEO of AESign Evertrust before the company was acquired by Nexsan in 2005, bringing with him the Assureon line of storage products. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of CS&T and Vice President of Product Development for Speedware Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions and applications development.

  • Michael McGuire
    Chief Commercial Officer

    Industry veteran Michael McGuire brings over 20 years of sales and executive management background to Nexsan Technologies with deeply attuned experience in global channel sales. Michael served as Vice President of Americas Storage Sales at Sun Microsystems where he was responsible for the planning and execution of all sales revenue as well as operating expenses for storage products and professional services in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Prior to Sun, Michael was Vice President, General Manager of U.S. and Canada sales and services at Storage Technology Inc. where he led a team of more than 1500 sales and field services employees. Michael has managed teams that included all sales, services, marketing, HR, channel, business development, systems engineering and finance.

  • Richard Mussman
    Chief Operating Officer

    Richard Mussman lends to Nexsan his extensive leadership experience in storage and networking. He previously served as Nexsan's Vice President of Technical Services from 2000 to 2006 before his promotion to Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Nexsan, Richard was Vice President of Sales for Lighthouse Technology Inc., a leading systems network integration company specializing in primary and secondary mass storage, backup and recovery. Earlier in his career, Rich served as Vice President of Global Services for Andataco Inc., a leading data storage company.

  • Eugene Spies
    Chief Financial Officer

    Gene Spies comes from an exceptional financial background. Prior to Nexsan, Gene served as a Vice President of Finance with the Networking Division of Alcatel, a global telecommunications provider. Before his tenure there, he was a Senior Manager at KPMG, a leading independent registered public accounting firm.

  • Gary Watson
    Chief Technology Officer

    Gary Watson helps to keep Nexsan on the cutting edge of innovation. He co-founded Nexsan and has served as Chief Technology Officer since 2000. Prior to that, Gary founded and served as the Chief Technology Officer of Nexsan Technologies Ltd., the company's UK subsidiary. Gary was an Engineering Manager with Trimm Technologies, Europe, a leading provider of data storage subsystems.

  • Steve Freeman
    Senior Vice President of Engineering

    Engineering development veteran, Steve Freeman, brings 30 years of experience and expertise to Nexsan in data storage and networking. Over the years, he has held Director of Development positions in various companies, including Madge Networks and General DataComm. With a multitude of engineering patents to his name, Steve has a strong background in product management and software engineering. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Leeds.

  • Victoria Grey
    Senior Vice President, Marketing

    Victoria Grey brings extensive storage industry experience in marketing, business development and sales to Nexsan. Prior to Nexsan she was vice president of marketing for Quantum, responsible for both corporate and product marketing. Prior to Quantum, Vicki served in marketing and business development leadership capacities for GroundWork Open Source, EMC Corporation, EMC/Dantz and Legato Systems. In 2002 Vicki was awarded the Tribute to Women in Technology award. She has previously served on various boards, including founding director of the Enhanced Backup Solutions Initiative and the Data Management Forum of the Storage Network Industry Association.