# Jim Fitzgerald

> Jim Fitzgerald is an enterprise software entrepreneur and business development executive who co-founded SteelEye Technology, the predecessor of SIOS Technology Corp. His career includes Sun Microsystems, Nexenta, Maxta, NetApp and Elastisys, with a recurring focus on strategic alliances, OEM sales and channels.

- **Role:** Enterprise software entrepreneur and business development executive
- **Organizations:** SteelEye Technology, SIOS Technology Corp. (successor to SteelEye), Sun Microsystems, Nexenta Systems, Maxta, NetApp, Elastisys, Aviatrix, DataVont, Global Bay Mobile, Andon Analytics
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in economics, Boston College, MBA, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded SteelEye Technology, predecessor of SIOS Technology Corp., Maxta’s appointment announcement credits him with guiding SteelEye through funding rounds, revenue growth and its sale., Led Nexenta partnership strategy, including OEM and strategic relationships with Cisco, VMware, Intel, Supermicro, SanDisk and Seagate.

## Career timeline

- **Before 1999** — Worked in sales, marketing and business development at Sun Microsystems, ultimately serving as SunSoft senior director of business development.
- **1999** — Co-founded SteelEye Technology; the company acquired LifeKeeper from NCR.
- **2000** — Identified as SteelEye chairman, president and CEO in a June executive appointments announcement.
- **2001** — SteelEye announced an OEM partnership with Linux NetworX for LifeKeeper-based solutions.
- **2011-2014** — Vice president of business development at Nexenta Systems.
- **2014** — Maxta announced his appointment as vice president of business development and OEM sales on September 17.
- **2015** — Presented Maxta’s hyperconvergence approach at the China Storage Summit in Beijing on December 10.
- **2017-2018** — Lists a vice president role in business development, OEM and channel sales at Aviatrix.
- **2018-2020** — Lists worldwide cloud and Kubernetes channel business development leadership at NetApp.
- **2020-2023** — Lists service as general manager, North America, at Elastisys; other directories describe this as a former role.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SteelEye Technology, predecessor of SIOS Technology Corp.
- Maxta’s appointment announcement credits him with guiding SteelEye through funding rounds, revenue growth and its sale.
- Led Nexenta partnership strategy, including OEM and strategic relationships with Cisco, VMware, Intel, Supermicro, SanDisk and Seagate.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfitz8

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