Neal Clapper to drive HP ESS biz

New Delhi: HP has announced the appointment of Neal Clapper to serve as VP and GM-Enterprise Storage and Servers (ESS), HP Asia Pacific and Japan.

Clapper will be based in Singapore and report to Balu Doraisamy, Senior VP-Technology Solutions Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. She will play an integral role in driving the growth and development of ESS business in the region. This business unit contains Business Critical Systems, Industry Standard Servers, StorageWorks, ESS Infrastructure Software and Blades.

Since joining HP in 1980, Clapper has held a variety of roles at a worldwide level and within Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for HP's Storage, Services and Software Business Units. Prior to her move to Asia Pacific, Clapper served as the vice president of Hewlett-Packard's StorageWorks Division for EMEA. Under Clapper's leadership HP EMEA StorageWorks enjoyed the number one marketshare position for over 12 consecutive quarters in a row in total disk storage, tape and tape automation.

“Neal's track record of accelerating growth and innovation through a sharp focus on customer value will be key to driving our ESS business in Asia Pacific,” said Balu Doraisamy, Senior VP-Technology Solutions Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. “We are pleased to have Neal join the HP TSG APJ leadership team,” he added.