Tarkan Maner
Tarkan Maner was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wyse Technology Inc. since 2005, until the acquisition to Dell Inc. in June 2012.[1]
Wyse Technology is a large cloud client computing company, serving more than 200 million users and 20 million devices shipped throughout the world within a 30 year span.[2] During Maner's time as CEO, Wyse raised $200 million from foreign investors, and the company began growing by 50% each year.
Maner now serves as the Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Client Computing for Dell.[3] Prior to joining Wyse, Maner lead several groups within Computer Associates and IBM in the product management, business development, and strategic business alliances segments.
Maner is a frequent speaker in the IT industry and has held several key-notes at The World Economic Forum, VMworld, Citrix Synergy and many other top technology events.[4] Most recently, Maner has been awarded the 2012 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of The Year Award.
Maner sits on the boards of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council, Silicon Valley Education Foundation, TechAmerica and several others.
References
- ↑ Mellor, Chris, "Oh, a Wyse guy, eh? Why I oughta make you Nexenta's new CEO", The A Register, 20 August 2013
- ↑ http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/02/dell-buys-wyse-technology-to-move-into-thin-clients/
- ↑ http://www.itpro.co.uk/644707/qa-tarkan-maner-vice-president-and-general-manager-dell-cloud-client-computing
- ↑ http://wsls.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/23654663/open-server-summit-announces-leadoff-keynote-by-tarkan-maner-of-nexenta
- http://www.sbnonline.com/2012/07/tarkan-maner-president-and-ceo-wyse-technology/
- http://svlg.org/about-us/board-of-directors/tarkan-maner
- http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=22353651&privcapId=36739&previousCapId=47338833&previousTitle=Silicon%20Valley%20Leadership%20Group
- http://www.web2summit.com/web2010/public/schedule/speaker/81154
- http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/acq-wyse
- http://javelinvp.com/tarkan-maner-joins-nexenta-as-chairman-and-ceo/