Industry Star Aaron Reid joins VergeIO as Principal Systems Engineer

Aaron Reid has joined VergeIO, Inc. as Principal Systems Engineer. Aaron has 25 years of experience designing solutions with the latest infrastructure hardware and software, primarily for new and up and coming tech companies. Aaron has architected solutions for virtualization, storage, multi-cloud orchestration and has experience with dozens of technologies.  

Aaron has repeatedly relied on a customer-centric approach to engineering IT solutions. This means striving to find ways to simplify the architecture. “Aaron is the perfect engineering resource for VergeIO’s customers and prospects. His ability to quickly engineer how VergeIO will address a specific use case is unique. We’re very excited to attract engineering professional of Aaron’s pedigree. It’s further evidence of VergeIO’s incredible technology.” says Chris Lehman, Sr. VP of Sales at VergeIO.

Aaron joins a growing team of go to market professionals at VergeIO. “VergeIO solves some of the most difficult technical problems, beginning with storage. The storage technology and the level of data center encapsulation is unique. I look forward to helping it become widely adopted.” said Aaron Reid.

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