October 1, 2007 - Augmentix Adds Dell Veteran to Board of Directors
Joe Marengi brings extensive experience in corporate and public institution sales.
AUSTIN, TX – October 1, 2007 Augmentix Corporation, a leader in reliable, rugged computing solutions for demanding environments, today announced that Joe Marengi will join the company as an independent board member. Mr. Marengi is a venture partner at Austin Ventures and a former executive at Dell and Novell.
“I welcome the opportunity to help Augmentix grow into an innovative leader in the rugged, mission-critical computing market,” said Mr. Marengi. “Augmentix is redefining rugged for customers who need high performance, MIL-SPEC computing solutions that deliver measurable benefits to a growing spectrum of military, homeland security and enterprise customers on a global basis. My role will be to help them understand the changing needs of large enterprises and to help them scale up to the next level.”
Mr. Marengi’s industry experience includes 10 years with Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), where he was SVP and co-general manager of Dell Americas, responsible for all Dell operations in the Americas region, including sales, marketing, manufacturing, and service. His focus was on the corporate and public institution customer base.
Prior to Dell, he was president and COO of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL). As president, he was responsible for strategy and day-to-day operations of the company. He joined Novell in 1989 moving through several successive promotions to become the Executive VP of Sales and Worldwide Field Operations for the five years preceding his appointment to the president’s role. As EVP, he was responsible for setting up the major account licensing, channel and consulting programs, and overseeing the company’s International expansion.
About Augmentix
Augmentix provides Military, First Responders, Homeland Security, Industrial, and Enterprise customers with innovative and rugged, mission-critical computing systems for demanding environments. Augmentix re-engineers Dell™ Latitude™ Notebooks and Dell™ PowerEdge™ Servers to create environmentally robust, rugged, high-availability systems. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX and offers global service and support. For more information please visit www.augmentix.com.
