David Wright

Mr. Wright is currently the Executive Vice-Chairman GridIron Systems, a privately held company that deploys appliance software technology that maximizes application performance for enterprise customers. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Verari Systems, Inc. from June 2006 to December 2009. Prior to joining Verari, Mr. Wright was Executive Vice President, Office of the CEO, Strategic Alliances and Global Accounts of EMC Corporation from July 2004 until August 2006. From October 2000 to July 2004, Mr. Wright served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Legato Systems before EMC acquired the company in 2004. Prior to joining Legato, Mr. Wright had a 13-year career with Amdahl Corporation, where he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2000. Before joining Amdahl, Mr. Wright spent 11 years with IBM, serving in variety of staff and management positions. Mr. Wright also serves on the board of directors of ClearEdge Fuel, Verisk Analytics, Inc. and GeekNet. He formerly served on the boards of Active Identity, Aspect Communication, AMCC, Boole and Babbage and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Mr Wright graduated from Xavier University with a BS in physics and a minor in mathematics.