George Symons
CEO
Yosemite Technologies

George Symons is a data protection expert and CEO of YosemiteTechnologies. George has an extensive history working in the storage industry and can provide valuable insight into these topics (vendor independently).

As background, George Symons serves as CEO of Yosemite Technologies. Mr. Symons brings broad experience in storage software development, business development and building global business to the role. Mr. Symons joined Yosemite from EMC, where he served as Chief Technology Officer for Information Management, responsible for defining EMC's product and technical strategy. He also played key roles in the integration of Legato enterprise backup and recovery products and Documentum content management software into EMC.

Prior to EMC, Mr. Symons held positions within Legato including CTO, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, and Vice President of Development and Product Management. He was involved in the integration of products from SCH Technologies and OTG into Legato's product line, and later in the acquisition of Legato by EMC. Prior to that he was Vice President of Engineering at FullTime Software, VP of Marketing at Software Research and PROCASE Corporation, and also held product marketing and product management positions at Sun Microsystems. Symons has B.A. degrees in Computer Science and Management Science from University of California, San Diego, and an M.B.A from University of California, Los Angeles.