Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 7, 2003
SCOTT HANSBURY is Vice President of Marketing and Business
Development of Creekpath Systems, Inc. He has held executive
management positions in both startups and major players in the
storage industry. With 20 years of experience in marketing,
sales, business development and general management within highly
distinguished technology companies including Sun Microsystems,
HighGround Systems, IBM and Groupe Bull, he most recently served
as Vice President of Business Development for HighGround Systems
(acquired by Sun Microsystems), orchestrating fund-raising and
partner and alliance efforts as well as having direct involvement
in setting and implementing the company strategy. Mr. Hansbury
maintained the Partners and Alliances role through the Sun
acquisition, including his role as the lead software negotiator
in the Sun/Hitachi Data Systems agreement. Prior to HighGround,
he served as the Vice President and General Manager of Bull's
Americas Storage Business. He also held the title of Vice
President of Worldwide Marketing for Storage at Bull. Prior to
joining Bull, Mr. Hansbury held several senior sales, marketing,
and engineering management positions at Sun and IBM, including
Director of Marketing for Sun Storage and IBM's Senior Investment
and Business Development Manager and Senior Product Line Manager
for the ADSM product line. He holds a BS in Computer Science from
Pennsylvania State University. Profile
DENNIS GRANT is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of Creekpath Systems, Inc. Mr. Grant founded HighGround Systems
in 1995 and served as President and CEO. Sun Microsystems
acquired HighGround Systems in April 2001, at which time he was
placed in charge of Sun's software solutions for the storage
market. Mr. Grant started HighGround with a clear vision: to
provide software solutions that would manage the explosion in
network storage caused by emerging Internet, messaging, e-
business and data mining applications. Before founding
HighGround, he was Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations,
Marketing and Sales Support for StorageTek of Louisville,
Colorado, a manufacturer of enterprise storage systems. Before
joining StorageTek, Mr. Grant spent 12 years at DML, Ltd., a
consulting services and integration provider in Europe, where he
became President and CEO. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a short introduction toCreekPath Systems?
Mr. Grant: CreekPath Systems is a leading software development
company delivering integrated storage resource