Avocent names chief technical officer
By Datamonitor
Avocent, a provider of IT infrastructure management solutions, has named Ben Grimes as its chief technical officer. Mr Grimes responsibilities include corporate strategy, integration of R&D and strategic planning activities to better meet the needs of all of its IT customers.
Mr Grimes joined Avocent in 2007 as vice president of corporate strategy. Prior to joining Avocent, he had a 17-year career with IBM, most recently in the appointed position of distinguished engineer, an executive position he held from 2002 to 2007. In that role, he served as the lead architect for software development for IBM xSeries and blades.
Mr Grimes' earlier years with IBM included serving as the lead designer and engineer for embedded systems management for xSeries after serving as a programmer in embedded firmware. While at IBM, he was awarded nine patents for his innovations in systems software.