Datalink Corporation (Nasdaq: DTLK), a leading independent information
storage architect, today announced the resignation of president and CEO
Charlie Westling, who plans to pursue other opportunities. The board has
appointed current Datalink board member Paul Lidsky, as president and
CEO. This change is effective immediately. Westling has also resigned
from Datalink’s board, while Lidsky will remain on the board.
“On behalf of the board of directors, I want to thank Charlie for his
leadership and service over the past seven years and his efforts in
helping establish Datalink as a leader in the storage solutions
industry,” said Datalink board chairman, Greg Meland. “We are also
delighted to appoint Paul Lidsky as the company’s new president and CEO.
We are confident that Paul’s leadership expertise and extensive systems
integration background will serve Datalink well as the company moves
forward.”
Lidsky has been a member of the board of directors since June 1998.
“It’s a benefit to Datalink that Paul knows our company, technology
platform and culture,” continued Meland. Lidsky brings a career’s worth
of communications industry experience to Datalink, that began with a
12-year tenure at Norstan, where he most recently served as executive
vice president of strategy and business development. Since then, Lidsky
has served in a range of leadership positions, including President and
CEO of Calabrio, Inc., as well as with several other technology
companies.
According to Lidsky, “This is an exciting time to step into this role
for Datalink. Datalink has always been a leader in the storage solutions
industry. Furthermore, the growing acceptance and implementation of
virtualization technologies is enabling customers to take some important
steps in executing the vision of the virtual data center. The
combination of Datalink’s core storage depth and strength with
additional capabilities across virtualization and converged networking
technologies and solutions will allow us to deliver more value to our
customers as they more fully embrace the benefits of virtualized data
centers and cloud computing in the future.”
About Datalink
An information storage architect since 1987,
Datalink helps organizations store, manage, and protect one of their
most critical assets—information. The company’s solutions and services
span four practices: backup and recovery; consolidation and
virtualization; archive and compliance; and business applications.
