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 About
Charlie Cassidy
Charlie has been a leader in the design, development and marketing of
high-performance systems, storage and peripheral technology for over twenty
years.
Most recently, Charlie was VP of
Engineering and Manufacturing for Scientific
Games International, a leader in services, systems and products to the
lottery and pari-mutuel wagering industries worldwide. Charlie led the design and product
introduction of 4 new lottery and pari-mutuel terminals including the
industry-leading Wave lottery terminal.
Previously, Charlie was Director of Operations at Zebra Technologies
where he led the integration of the Atlantek operation into Zebra’s Card
Printer Solutions group while maintaining their leadership in
Driver’s License, Photo ID and dye sublimation photo printer technology.
Under Charlie’s leadership, the organization developed 2 photo printers and
released the P640i Card Printer as well as transitioned the entire product line
to RoHS compliance. He also led the integration of Swecoin, a leading
supplier of embedded printers for kiosk applications.
Prior to moving to the printer industry, Charlie served as VP of
Engineering at RING Technology Enterprises, where he was leading the
design and development of an innovative, high-performance storage
subsystem. He also was Vice President of Storage Systems and Software
and VP and Manager of Quantum’s Solid State Business Unit at Quantum
Corporation. Under Charlie’s leadership, the business unit designed and
qualified 3 generations of solid state disk products at five top system
manufacturers.
At Quantum, Charlie also participated in an innovative strategic
planning project that led to Quantum’s entry into the consumer
electronics space and it’s acquisition of ATL Products and Meridian Data,
transforming the company from a storage device supplier into a supplier of
storage solutions. Charlie was instrumental in the creation of ATL’s
LANvault, a new class of backup server appliance. He also served on the
executive team that grew the DLT tape drive business from $100M to $1.3
Billion.
At Digital Equipment Corporation, Charlie was a Consulting
Engineer in SSD and Memory System Engineering. Charlie was a long-time
member of the Storage Patent Committee and of the Storage Systems Strategy
Task Force at Digital.
Prior to Digital, Charlie did memory system architecture research at
Raytheon Corp. and developed automotive emissions test equipment for the
Hamilton Test Systems subsidiary of United Technologies. He has a BSEE from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has done graduate studies at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.
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