Tintri Appoints Michael Lombardo as VP of Channel Sales

Tintri, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNTR), a leading enabler of enterprise cloud, today announced the appointment of Michael Lombardo as vice president of channel sales. In the role, Lombardo will work to expand channel awareness of Tintri’s products and to engage partners through Tintri’s programs, training and cloud certifications.

Prior to joining Tintri, Lombardo led teams selling data center solutions for EMC, Cisco, NetApp and, most recently, Simplivity. In his role at NetApp, he recruited and grew several of their largest global resellers and teamed with Cisco to bring FlexPOD to market. While at Simplivity, he helped build a 100 percent channel model, drove field sales interlock on a “meet in the channel” solution with Cisco, Lenovo and Dell, and created a national partner program.

“Michael has a strong track record of pioneering new programs and pathways to market through healthy partnerships,” said Tom Ellery, senior vice president at Tintri. “Now Michael, especially through his experience with national partners, will play a critical role in refining our channel strategy and driving channel sales forward.”