Shmuel Shottan
Chief Technology Officer,
BlueArc Corporation
Mr. Shottan is an industry veteran with thorough experience in the research and development of hardware and software, and in engineering management for firms ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, Mr. Shottan was the Chief Strategy Officer for SNAP Appliances, Inc.
Mr. Shottan was previously Senior VP of Engineering and CTO at Meridian Data, Inc., leading the development of the Snap Server. Prior to Meridian, Mr. Shottan held engineering development and management positions with Parallan Computer, AST Research, where he led the development of the Manhattan Multiprocessor server, and ICL North America/ CCI division. Mr. Shottan holds a BSEE degree from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.