Phil Soran

Chairman, President & CEO of Compellent Technologies

Philip E. Soran has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since co-founding Compellent in March 2002. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Soran has earned a reputation for developing and managing highly motivated teams in both small and large business environments. From July 1995 to August 2001, Mr. Soran served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Xiotech Corporation, a storage area networking company, which Mr. Soran co-founded in July 1995. Xiotech was acquired by Seagate Technology in January 2000. From October 1992 to April 1995, Mr. Soran served as Executive Vice President of Prodea Software Corporation, a data warehousing software company. From 1982 to 1992, Mr. Soran also held a variety of management, sales, marketing and technical positions with IBM. Mr. Soran received a B.A. in Education from the University of Northern Colorado.