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Neil Colstad is a seasoned executive with over 16 years of experience in defining, building and leading sales and business development organizations. Throughout his career, he has provided expertise and leadership in direct and indirect sales, business development, go to market planning and operations, with a focus on enterprise storage related technologies. Neil has proven success in both small and large scale environments in positioning new technology for broad base market acceptance. Neil is responsible for worldwide business development at Index Engines. Recently, Colstad served as vice president of business development and North American sales for Archivas, a software based archiving software vendor. While at Archivas, Neil built and led the initial sales and system engineering team, secured the first $1M in revenue via direct sales, as well as a multi-year global OEM deal. Prior to Archivas, Colstad has held sales management positions with EMC Corporation, and was co-founder and vice president of sales for RemoteWorks. Neil received a BA degree from The University of New Hampshire. | 