- Ebrahim Abbasi, once the COO of Ethernet switch vendor Force10 (acquired by Dell) and broadband infrastructure vendor Redback Networks (acquired by Ericsson), has been named Violin Memory's (NYSE:VMEM +6.8%) SVP of operations.
- Abbasi worked with new Violin CEO Kevin DeNuccio at Redback. His hiring comes two months after COO Dixon Doll, Jr. stepped down.