Paul Ziots

About Paul Ziots

Lead Investor Relations at Pure Storage: Pure Storage un-complicates data storage, forever. Pure delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure\'s commitment to providing true storage as-a-service gives customers the agility to meet changing data needs at speed and scale. Pure believes it can make a significant impact in reducing data center emissions through its environmental sustainability efforts, including designing products and solutions that enable customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint. With high certified customer satisfaction scores, Pure\'s customers are among the happiest in the world.VMware: Led IR Department at VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure.Sun Microsystems: 8 years of leadership experience in Investor Relations, preceded by 6 years in Operations (Commodity Management; Supply Planning; Manufacturing process design and execution; Corporate Program Management; and ERP implementation responsibility for a team of 40 s/w developers and h/w architects)Versatile, adaptable, and enthusiastic!Specialties: Investor Relations, Commodity Management, Supply Planning, Manufacturing Process, Corporate Program Management, ERP Implementation, Finance, Production Control, Human Resources (Japan), English Teacher (Japan Ministry of Education).

Experience

1. Vice President, Investor Relations

   Pure Storage

   Oct 2022 — Present · Mountain View, CA, US

   Pure Storage un-complicates data storage, forever. Pure delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure\'s commitment to providing true storage as-a-service gives customers the agility to meet changing data needs at speed and scale. Pure believes it can make a significant impact in reducing data center emissions through its environmental sustainability efforts, including designing products and solutions that enable customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint. With high certified customer satisfaction scores, Pure\'s customers are among the happiest in the world.

Education

• Industrial & Operations Engineering - University of Michigan

  BSE, Industrial & Operations Engineering

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  MBA, MA, Business, Asian Studies (Japan)

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Finance
• Supply Chain Management
• Management
• Corporate Communications
• Strategy
• Messaging
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Investor Relations
• Industry Analyst Relations
• Analyst Relations
• Leadership
• Cloud Computing
• Human Resources
• Strategic Partnerships
• Erp
• Competitive Analysis
• Communication Training