20+ years experienced IT professional • joined Excelero in March 2017 as Sr. Director Technical Services leading Pre- & Post-Sales activities with partners and endusers in EMEA. Prior to that Axel managed ISVs at Sandisk, later HGST, as Director Business Development and ISV since the Fusion-io acquisition in 2014. 2010 to 2014 Fusion-io EMEA Systems Engineer, Sr. Manager Global Systems Field Engineering AFA systems • 2005 to 2010 Pillar Data Systems, Pre- and Postsales, Global OEM Practice Lead • 2001 to 2005 Vertias Software Germany, Principal Architect Storage Solutions • 1998 to 2001 Software Solution Team, Team Leader Storage Managing Services for Sun Microsystems• 1996 to 1998 Siemens Business Services, SAP R3 Database Management