Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands (August 24th, 2010) - Raritan, a leading innovator of intelligent power management, infrastructure management, KVM and serial solutions for data centers, has named Stuart Hopper as its new VP of Sales and Marketing, Europe. He will head up Raritan's European offices in The Netherlands, England, Germany and France, thereby replacing Gerard Heuvel who will be pursuing other interests.
In his new role Hopper will be tasked with driving the Raritan business by building on accelerating momentum in its intelligent power and datacenter infrastructure management market space, by assessing the needs of the existing channel and by developing propositions for both new and existing channel partners.
“I am very pleased to welcome Mr. Stuart Hopper to join Raritan to lead our European Sales and Marketing”, says Ching-I Hsu, Raritan’s Chairman and CEO. “This appointment reflects Raritan’s commitment to further expanding its success and growth in the region. Stuart brings with him a wealth of experience, skills and leadership to lead Raritan to the next level in Europe.”
Commenting on his new appointment: 'I am delighted to be joining Raritan during this key moment in the Company's development where we are seeing real growth in our power and software businesses as well as continued momentum in the datacenter infrastructure business.'
Stuart has 25 years experience in IT sales & sales management working with channel partners in a wide variety of solution areas including storage and computer hardware, services and software. He has had an outstanding career at several high technology companies including Nokia, Unysis, Compaq and Digital Equipment.
Stuart has a BA in History & Archaeology with diplomas in Management Studies and Direct Marketing. He currently resides in the United Kingdom.
About Raritan (Raritan.eu)
Raritan is a proven innovator of power management, infrastructure management, KVM and serial solutions for data centers of all sizes. In more than 50,000 locations worldwide, Raritan's award-winning hardware and software solutions -- including intelligent PDUs, energy management software, KVM-over-IP and Serial-over-IP access products -- provide IT and facility directors, managers and administrators with the control they need to increase power management efficiency, improve data center productivity and enhance branch office operations. Based in Somerset, N.J., Raritan has offices worldwide serving 76 countries. For more information, visit
Raritan.eu.