Ashby A. Lincoln

President / CEO

"This is an exciting time in the data-storage industry. Emerging technologies are enabling us to design much more comprehensive solutions that were not available in the past. And VeriStor’s 100% focus on storage architecture means our customers are getting next-generation solutions today." - Ashby Lincoln

VeriStor President Ashby Lincoln is a data-storage veteran with 25 years experience. Prior to leading VeriStor, Lincoln served as Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Region of the U.S. for Nexsan Technologies. While at Nexsan, he helped create and implement the company’s Channel and OEM Target Programs. Lincoln was also the founding Vice President of Sales at storage service provider WorldStor, where he helped raise nearly $40M in venture capital, pioneered sales strategies, and managed the business development group. He also initiated and managed relationships with major platform vendors, as he does at VeriStor today.

Lincoln also held sales management positions at disk array vendor Storage Dimensions (acquired by Artecon to become Dot Hill Systems), where he managed a U.S. sales staff in eight major markets. Prior to joining Storage Dimensions, Lincoln served in sales and service management at EMC.

Steven T. Bishop

Executive Director of Technology / CTO

"Data storage is undergoing revolutionary changes, with new technologies that can help enterprises manage their critical information more efficiently – and even more cost-effectively. VeriStor applies these next-generation technologies and techniques to the storage & virtualization architectures we design." - Steve Bishop

Prior to VeriStor, Steve Bishop was the founding Chief Technology Officer at WorldStor and the Director of Business Development at TrueSAN Networks. At WorldStor, where he managed the design and deployment of a multiple data-center nationwide storage network, Bishop helped pioneer the delivery of advanced shared infrastructure storage services. At TrueSAN, he forged strategic alliance and software development relationships with Brocade, Hitachi Data Systems, LSILogic, Qlogic, McData, and other storage industry organizations.

Bishop is also a widely published expert and frequent speaker on infrastructure storage technologies and techniques. His industry appearances include Storage Networking World, Comdex, Networks Expo, and the Brocade Developer Conference.

James R. Glueckert

Executive Vice-President, Professional Services and Customer Support / COO

"My goal is to create the premier services delivery group in this industry, period. Customers expect issues to occur from time to time and when they do, you’re judged on your reaction time and level of support. Put simply, VeriStor is dedicated to delivering unrivaled support services in every client engagement." - Jim Glueckert

Executive Vice-President of Professional Services and Customer Support, James Glueckert maintains VeriStor’s world-class services infrastructure.

Prior to joining VeriStor, Glueckert spent 22 years with EMC Corporation, holding numerous positions as the company grew from 300 employees to over 32,000. His responsibilities included managing EMC’s national federal account service delivery, with a particular focus on secure locations and programs. He also served as the Western U.S. Regional Director, overseeing services delivery from Alaska to Arizona. As EMC’s Director of Worldwide Customer Support, Glueckert managed the support organizations for EMC’s worldwide install base. Before leaving the company, he led the redesign and deployment of a new worldwide service delivery model to find new efficiencies, lower cost, and sustain high customer satisfaction.

John Murray Granger

Executive Vice-President, Strategic Accounts

Prior to joining VeriStor, Murray Granger was a Senior Account Executive for the Southeast at WorldStor. In that position, Granger was named the top representative in the company’s nationwide sales force. Granger also served as a Senior Account Executive at Dot Hill, Inc., covering Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Before joining the data storage industry, he worked in senior sales positions with Golden Sky Systems, Fox Sports Direct, and Reico Distributors.