Obsidian Strategics Inc. Hires Experienced Vice President of Sales & Marketing to Meet Growing Product Demand for Longbow™ IB Range Extenders

WASHINGTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Obsidian Strategics Inc. – the world leader in high performance InfiniBand range extension – is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert W. Hooley as Vice President of Obsidian Strategics Inc.

Mr. Hooley, who served as VP Sales & Marketing with several high-tech growth companies, will be responsible for sales & marketing of the Longbow™ product lines, which provide range extension, routing and encryption used in high-performance computing – connecting supercomputer clusters and storage networks over global distances.

Obsidian's President, Dr. David Southwell remarked, “I am delighted to welcome Rob and look forward to working with him to extend Obsidian’s marketplace lead. Rob has years of experience in enterprise network security software, as well a vast experience base in the electronics and computer industries. He has the professional ethics and can-do attitude that is shared by every member of our expert team.”

“Obsidian's proven and mature technology portfolio includes the Longbow™ products, which extend high-performance InfiniBand protocol over global distances while also providing routing and encryption services. With Obsidian’s roots as a leading edge IT contractor for the military, we are anxious to apply our mission-critical design skills in bringing next-generation, advanced products to broader markets. We are pleased to have someone of Rob’s calibre join our team to identify and secure partner alliances that enable rapid growth and data sharing in the high-performance communications and financial industries” said Obsidian’s Chairman, Bill Halina.

Mr. Hooley’s professional background includes sales, marketing, and engineering positions in senior management at BioGenex Laboratories, Berg Electronics, DuPont Company, Rabbit Semiconductor, Protenome, and Tecsys Development, a global network security software company. He holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and an M.B.A. in finance & marketing. He has over 15 years senior-level experience for the development and overall execution of worldwide sales strategies, market activities, and strategic corporate alliances.

About Obsidian Strategics:

Obsidian Strategics™ is the developer of Longbow™, a series of InfiniBand products featuring range extension, routing and encryption. Longbow technology allows an InfiniBand fabric, normally a short-range network used in high-performance computing, to be extended via optical fiber over varying distances. Longbow connects across Campus, Metro or Global networks to offer high-bandwidth, low-latency access to InfiniBand compute and storage resources. www.obsidianstrategics.com