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Featured Member Entrepreneur
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Zul Abbany |
Jan 2010 |
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President, Americas
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Stromasys, Inc. |
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Our eighth feature to promote businesses of DEC
Connection
members is about Zul Abbany of Raleigh NC, who also took the lead in
organizing our newest DEC Connection chapter, the Carolinas, and hosted its
opening event in October 2009. Zul's profile is especially interesting
since his business goal, like the DEC Connection's, is to keep the Digital
heritage alive!
About Zul: President of the
Americas operation of Stromasys, Zul Abbany is a highly accomplished
sales and marketing executive with a proven record of results in
expanding revenue, building channel programs, and developing partner
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With more than 30 years experience in the
highly competitive information technology industry, Abbany manages all
aspects of the Americas operation and is responsible for the revenue growth,
profitability, and product lifecycles of the CHARON software solution and
service in the region. Among his significant previous positions, Abbany
served as Vice President of GlobalPartner Sales for ABB, Inc., where he
successfully developed and executed the Channel Strategy that drove new
incremental revenue and led the company through different phases of
Strategic Partner Initiatives. Prior to that, as Vice President of Alliance
Development for the SAS Institute, the world’s leader in business analytics
software and services, Abbany led the division responsible for global
partner management and business development. As the Director of Global
Accounts at Compaq Computers, he led a team that developed marketing
strategies for key global accounts, generating more than $5 billion in
revenue. A veteran of Digital Equipment Corporation in Canada, he served as
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he guided restructuring of
Canadian business operations while meeting sales targets and maintaining
revenue growth.
About Stromasys: For owners of legacy
hardware, Stromasys has a solution. An international software company
headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Stromasys offers the most innovative
cross-platform virtualization and computer migration technologies available.
Over the last ten years, Stromasys has helped thousands of customers
preserve their software investments across hardware generations. Stromasys’
CHARON-VAX and CHARON-AXP software products allow customers to replace
legacy VAX and Alpha systems, while the original OpenVMS or Tru64 UNIX
operating system, applications, and layered software continue running
without modification on new, industry-standard hardware. Established in
1998, CEO Dr. Robert Boers formed Stromasys from a management buyout of
Digital Equipment Corporation’s European Migration and Porting Centre. With
full service sales and support locations in the United States, the
Netherlands, and Hong Kong, engineering facilities in Russia and China, and
representation around the globe, Stromasys continues to expand its presence
to serve customers throughout the world. Our highly qualified staff is
committed to providing superior software, service, and support to help
customers preserve their valuable software investments and solve their
legacy hardware dilemma quickly and cost-effectively.
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