IT Management 2.0

Phillip Burt

Phillip Burt has been helping to drive EMC’s IT management software product direction over the past 9 of his 11-year tenure with EMC.  During that time, he has seen EMC grow from a pure storage hardware company into a storage solutions company — and now into an information infrastructure company with a broad IT management portfolio.  In his current role in EMC Ionix product marketing, Phil is responsible for technical marketing and analyst relations.  He is also actively involved in driving the overall Ionix strategy and message — helping to develop new business models and doing competitive research.  He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

Suhela Dighe

Suhela Dighe has worked as Marketing Director EMEA in EMC’s Ionix group since 2005 and - prior to that - managed EMEA marketing for network fault management vendor SMARTS.  With 15 years’ of international marketing in the IT networking and software industry, Suhela has a strong networking and service provider background.  In addition, she coordinates EMC EMEA’s social media taskforce.  Suhela holds a BA from Vesalius College, VUB, Belgium and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management/Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Kevin Gray

Kevin Gray is a Product Marketing Manager with EMC Ionix. He has spoken at numerous conferences, including: SNW, Network Storage Conference, WinHEC, and SHARE and has authored articles appearing in publications such as Computer Technology Review and Mass Storage News. Prior to joining EMC, Kevin held managerial positions in marketing and product management at Maxtor, Quantum, NEC, and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Brian Lett

Brian’s current position as Senior Product Marketing Manager at EMC Ionix has him playing many roles - including evangelizing for IT service management, creating go-to-market strategies, developing marketing vehicles to support and enable the sales team, and providing thought leadership communications. His previous responsibilities at EMC included creating and managing a competitive intelligence team, leading acquisition-related integration projects, and developing and supporting marketing campaigns. Before joining EMC (through the acquisition of SMARTS), Brian spent two years running his own consulting business. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at IT research firm Gartner, where he held numerous research and senior communications management positions. Prior to Gartner, Brian spent three years in various marketing roles with IBM. Brian has two Bachelor’s degrees from Syracuse University, as well as an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.