Management Team

The company's management team brings together a unique combination of skills that are ideal for Attune's success. The team is made up of experts in storage and networking with a depth of experience in Fortune 500, as well as start-up environments. Attune has a management team that can drive the company forward in its mission to revolutionize storage networking

Alan Kessler , President and CEO

Alan has more than 20 years of leadership and management experience working with enterprise technology companies ranging from early stage start-ups to large, successful organizations.   Prior to joining Attune, Alan was president and CEO of Intransa Inc., an IP SAN innovator, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's growth.   Prior to that Alan was Chief Operating Officer at Palm Inc., where he was responsible for the development, licensing and expansion of the Palm OS platform, which became the most pervasive environment for handheld devices during his tenure. Alan joined Palm in 1999, when it was a subsidiary of 3Com Corporation. During his 14-year tenure at 3Com, Alan rose to the general manager and senior vice president of 3Com's Enterprise Systems Sales and Global Customer Support organization. After gaining recognition for his achievements and management skills in a series of executive roles at the company, he was subsequently selected as Palm's president and was a member of Palm's executive team charted with developing the subsidiary into an independent company and subsequent IPO. Alan then assumed the role of chief operating officer for the Platform Solutions Group, helping the platform earn more than 75 percent market share among handheld devices in 2000. Alan received a bachelor's degree with honors in Business from San Jose State University and a master's degree in Business Administration degree from the University of California at Berkeley .

Alan Brown
Vice President of Engineering

Alan is an engineering veteran with more than 25 years of experience in the research and development of hardware and software, and in engineering management for firms ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Attune, Alan was the vice president of Engineering at Intransa Inc., an IP SAN innovator, where he was responsible for recruiting and directing the engineering team that brought the industry-leading IP5000 to global markets.   Prior to that, he held roles as general manager and then vice president of engineering at Mayan Networks where he brought the first carrier-class layer one through three, optical access product to market. Alan began his career in 1977 in the telecommunications equipment arena, and rapidly advanced through technical engineering, project and line management, culminating as the vice president of engineering at the Lucent/GTE joint venture AGCS, where he developed carrier-class switching and access systems. Alan received a bachelor's degree in Engineering (with honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Francesco Lacapra
Vice President of Advanced Development and CTO

Francesco's 25-year career includes extensive experience in Operating Systems design and software development for storage systems. Most recently, Francesco served as the director of software development for the US team of BlueArc Corporation, where he led the development of the BlueArc cluster technology. Prior to this, he held management positions with Sanera Systems and Quantum Corporation's SNAP division, as well as with Flexoft and Olivetti in Milan, Italy. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, a bachelor's degree (equivalent) in Electronics Engineering from the University of Rome where he graduated summa cum laude, and is a recipient of a Fulbright-Hays scholarship.

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Keith Corbin
CFO

Partner at CFO Connection since 2002. Previous positions include CEO of Online Staffing, an information technology services company, CFO of Hall Kinion & Associates, a public information technology staffing company, and Vice President International Finance of Addeco/Adia International, a multi-national public personnel services company. Earlier in his career he held financial management positions with American Can Company and worked six years in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche. Keith is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of the City University of New York.

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Ginny Tolan
Vice President, Human Resources

Before joining Attune, Ginny was the Vice President, Human Resources for SurroMed, Inc., a biotechnology company whose mission was biomarker discovery. The company was recently purchased by PPD.  Previously she was with InfoSeek Corporation, where she helped the company grow from an early-stage venture to a 790-employee, publicly held firm, which was acquired in 1999 by Disney Corporation. She has over twenty years experience as a human resources professional and previously held human resources management positions at IDG Books Worldwide, RAM Mobile Data, a telecommunication company and Prudential Insurance. Ginny received an M.S. degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from Rutgers University and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado

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