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Panasas hires former Seagate leader as CEO

Panasas has named Ken Claffey as its new CEO, succeeding Tom Shea who will return to his role as COO. 

Formerly SVP at Seagate, Claffey (pictured) aims to drive customer-focused innovations to fuel the company's future growth.

Andre A. Hakkak, CEO, White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, said: “We made the decision to bring Ken in as CEO because we believe Panasas is well-positioned to build on its success over the last few years as it has moved to a software-defined architecture, increased its revenues, and is now ready to take a step function in its growth and scale.”