Benoît Hallez named as new Director of Bull's Storage business
Paris,
December
14, 2006 -
Benoît Hallez (45) has been appointed as Director of StoreWay, the business unit bringing together all Bull's worldwide storage activities.
Benoît Hallez began his career in 1980 at Digital Equipment Corp (DEC), where he fulfilled various sales roles before taking over as the group's Director of Major International Accounts in 1995.
In 1998, he joined Silicon Graphics Inc., where he was appointed as Sales Director for the Industry, Aerospace and Defense sectors. Then in 2000, he took over as Sales Director for the whole of France. Appointed as Managing Director, France, he succeeded in taking France to the top of the league among the countries where Silicon Graphics Inc. operates in terms of revenues, margins and growth initiatives. Since 2004, he was Managing Director in charge of the Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa region for the company.
Philippe Miltin, Vice-President of Bull's Products and Systems Division welcomed Benoît Hallez to the team: "I am delighted that Benoît has joined us to head up the Group's storage business. I feel very confident that his in-depth understanding of the IT marketplace generally, and storage in particular, coupled with his international commercial experience will undoubtedly be significant assets when it comes to applying our expertise in heterogeneous data storage and complex infrastructures even more widely."
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