Alex Grossman Departs Active Storage

December 21, 2012

Leaves powerful technology and product roadmap in place

Today, Active Storage, Inc. announced the departure of Founder and President, Alex Grossman.

Under Alex's tenure Active Storage launched the award-winning ActiveRAID storage system, the ActiveSAN dedicated metadata controller server appliance, and the mMedia Platform consisting of mRAID, mSAN, and mVault along with a suite of software tools to manage the rapidly evolving media SAN infrastructure.

"Active Storage was founded on a simple, powerful vision to give Media and Creative users the best-of-breed storage systems they really need," said Alex Grossman. "Since delivering on that initial vision in 2008, Active has continuously evolved their solutions to serve the media and creative ecosystem needs. I've been proud to drive that vision and have put into place an exciting roadmap of technologies and products that will carry that vision far into the future, beginning with Active's upcoming announcement on January 7th."

Active Storage is slated to make a major product announcement at the Creative Storage Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7th, 2013.

"Alex will be missed, and we are deeply grateful for his guidance and vision over the years. His contributions have helped Active Storage build a potent technology portfolio and product roadmap that will serve the company well as it tackles the evolving, large-scale data challenges facing their customers" said Steve Rizzone, CEO of Active Storage.

About Active Storage:
Active Storage, Inc. is the innovative storage leader for media and creative professionals, broadcast, post-production, on-line and archive solutions. Fast, reliable and easy to deploy, Active Storage products deliver a best-of-breed user experience, marrying award-winning industrial design, unmatched speed, reliability and customer service. Ease of use and robust performance make Active Storage the first choice for complex professional storage deployments. To learn more visit: http://activestorage.com