Mark B. Ward

COPAN Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 by a team of experienced executives from leading storage and technology companies with a vision of creating products that are purpose built for managing the unique requirements of long-term persistent data. As the leader in leveraging the full power of MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology at the enterprise level its solutions are based on a patented Enterprise MAID architecture that delivers massive scalability and performance with unprecedented affordability. COPAN Systems is privately held company with investment backing by Austin Ventures, Credit Suisse, Globespan Capital Partners, Gold Hill Capital, NTT Leasing Capital (USA), FirstMark Capital, and Presidio STX.

EMC Corp. develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. It enables businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service. The company was founded by Richard J. Egan, John Curly and Roger M. Marino on August 23, 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.