Ron McCabe, Chairman & CEO
During his 21-year tenure in the technology sector, Ron has been known for his introduction of innovative technologies in hardware, software, and chip design that have disrupted the market while generating strong sales and profits. As founder, president, and CEO of MiraLink Corporation, Ron McCabe has more than 10 years of experience in the rapidly emerging data storage and recovery industries. He is world-renowned for developing technologies that control the speed and use of memory bandwidth. At MiraLink, Ron has been instrumental in leading the development of cost-effective business continuity and data recovery storage appliances.

Prior to founding MiraLink, Ron was the Director of Graphics and Multimedia at Everex, where he pioneered local bus technology and grew the graphics and multimedia division to $30 million in annual sales, a five-fold increase in just two and a half years. He is past chairman of the VL Bus Committee, where he was responsible for the development and ultimate industry standardization of the VESA Local Bus Systems. By bringing this pioneering, proprietary technology into the mainstream through standardization, Ron established the technology that the current PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus is based upon today.

John Haden, Director of Sales
John brings over ten years of sales experience in the IT Channel, including networking infrastructure, disaster recovery, storage and security. In this role, John is responsible for the company&s sales and channel operations. He has a proven legacy in building solid channel sales organizations to drive revenue within key verticals such as healthcare, financial, government and education.

Prior to joining MiraLink, John was a national account manager at SonicWALL, a leading manufacturer of firewalls and VPN devices. There he was responsible for the integration of CDP (Continuous Data Protection) products into SonicWall&s distribution, DMR and VAR channels both domestically and internationally. Before joining SonicWALL, John was the Western Regional Sales Manager at Asante Technologies and played an integral part in the execution of Asante&s revamped channel partner program. John began his career at Ingram Micro where he was the product manager for Apple and third party mac vendors. John received his Bachelor&s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Western State College of Colorado.

Allen Engstrom, Director, Finance & Accounting
Allen Engstrom is the Managing Partner of Corporate Financial Outsourcing Network, LLC a provider of outsourced accounting and financial services to MiraLink. Prior to joining CFO Network in 2004 Allen was a Strategic Planning Manager for Intel’s Storage Components Division. In this capacity, Allen was Program Manager for the Virtual Storage Team, a multi-divisional, cross-functional team charged with developing Intel&s future in the $60 billion networked storage market.

Prior to that, Allen was a manager of mergers and acquisitions with Intel Capital as well as interim finance director for DevelopOnline, a start-up spin-off from Intel; and a senior financial analyst for the I/O Products Division of Intel.

Allen earned an MBA with an emphasis on Finance and Information Technology from The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. Allen has maintained an active involvement in the high tech investment community, mentoring startups and serving on the Planning Committee for the Arizona Venture Capital Conference, the Arkansas Venture Forum as well as a role with Arizona State University’s Technology Transfer Program.

MiraLink Board of Directors

Andy Watson - CEO/Founder of Asyncast

As a senior Silicon Valley executive, Watson is perhaps best known for the twelve years he spent with NetApp, the global leader in the network storage industry. Prior to NetApp his four years at Auspex mean that he has 16 years in the storage industry.

The most outbound of NetApp’s several CTOs, Watson built multiple teams, led numerous projects, and helped drive the company's consistently successful customer-oriented product strategy, supporting revenue growth from $14M in 1995 to over $3B in 2007. Prior to NetApp, Watson spent a decade with other computer systems vendors (Prime, Data General, and RDS AutoMate).

Before that, his breadth of experience includes having been "the customer" during the pre-Lockheed years he spent with Martin Marietta Aerospace (Space Launch Systems), and the Systems Manager for the New York City Transit Authority's TCS (Transportation Control System). Watson also is a member of the Advisory Board for GridIron Systems, Intransa, PowerFile, and several others.

Bruce M. Smith, Attest Partner/CFO of Bunning Bowman Ridley & Smith LLP

Bruce M. Smith is a Certified Public Accountant, and a seasoned financial professional with over 25 years of progressive accounting responsibility. Mr. Smith has held key executive and financial positions with merging companies, as well as being a small business advisor. Mr. Smith is a graduate of California State University, Chico with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, receiving his CPA Certification in 1990.

Mark Russell, Software Test Manager for Honeywell

Mark Russell has over twenty-two years of experience in the software development industry, having served as a Software Test Engineer for Logicon, Magnavox, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, and Boeing. As a Staff Engineer and Test Management Engineer, Mark has successfully completed Certification and Formal Validation efforts for several Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Russell has a B.A. in Econometrics from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Zane Taylor, vice president of worldwide operations for FireEye, Inc

Zane M. Taylor has over 25 years of experience includes roles as Vice President of Operations for Citrix Systems and Vice President of Worldwide Operations for NetScaler, Inc. Additionally, Taylor was also Director of Operations at Exodus Communications, where he developed operational procedures and processes and managed several global systems implementations. Taylor has also held senior management positions at Akamba, International Networks Services, and Cisco Systems.