Management Team

Proven Industry Leadership

Part of the reason Arsenal Digital is the industry's most trusted data protection services company is that we have the industry's most trusted team to stand behind it. Our leadership team includes industry veterans and professionals who understand what it takes to operate a world-class data protection infrastructure and deliver world-class service.

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As Chairman and CEO, Frank oversees all corporate and board functions and directs Arsenal to ensure the attainment of sales, profit, and investment goals. Frank is responsible for devising and driving current and long-range plans and represents Arsenal in relations with its customers, in the business community, and in the storage industry. Joining Arsenal in April 2002, Frank brings to the company a proven track record of building and managing successful technology organizations.

Prior to joining Arsenal, Frank held the position of CEO at Telxon Corporation, a $450 million publicly traded company in the mobile-wireless computer systems industry. At Telxon, Frank increased sales productivity over 30 percent, two years in a row, and turned a $25 million loss into a $45 million profit over a 12-month span.

A talented and energetic leader, Frank orchestrated successes at several companies, including Basicomputer, a $225 million privately held PC Distributor and Network Integration Company. While Chairman and CEO at Basicomputer, Frank grew the business from $6 million in revenue in 1984 to over $250 million in 1992. During his accomplished career, Frank held various management and technical positions at Matrix Information and Directory Services, Exxon Office Systems, and IBM.

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As CFO, Steven oversees all financial, human resource, and administration functions at Arsenal. Since joining Arsenal in April of 2000, Steven has made significant contributions based on his extensive experience with finance, accounting, tax, legal, capital funding, and M&A transactions. Under Steven's leadership as CFO, Arsenal has raised over $102 million in equity and debt capital.

Prior to joining Arsenal, Steven was Vice President and member of the Senior Financial Leadership Team at Dianippon, Inc. where Steven was responsible for planning and implementing global business and tax strategies and was one of three individuals with negotiation responsibility for all material acquisitions, divestitures, capitalization transactions, and joint ventures. Steven was the lead representative for various negotiations with the United Kingdom , Switzerland , Austria , Canada , and The Netherlands. Steven also served on the Board of Directors for several foreign subsidiaries.

Steven spent three years as a Director with Seer Technologies before, during and after the initial public offering and over nine years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in various senior-level roles. His experience with PriceWaterhouseCoopers included global public and private clients in the software, entertainment, healthcare, banking, and manufacturing industries.

Steven holds a B.S. from Wake Forest University in Accounting and Computer Science. He is a licensed CPA and a member of the American Institute of CPAs, North Carolina Association of CPA's, American Management Association, Financial Executives International, and North Carolina Community for Economic Development.

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Samuel Sigarto joins Arsenal as chief operations officer (COO) with more than 20 years of executive and management experience with major leaders in telecommunications products and services. As COO, Sam spearheads Arsenal's operations, product management, and marketing organizations.

Domestically and internationally, Sam has refined and expanded existing operations, transformed unprofitable subsidiaries into cash-positive operations, driven mergers and acquisitions and led successful introductions of new technologies and products. Most recently, Sam held the position of chief operating officer of Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (AMEX: ANK), a regional telecommunications company. Previously, Sam served as senior vice president for several divisions at Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT). As senior vice president for Nortel's Succession Networks and Internet Telephony Product group, he spearheaded marketing, R&D and OEM agreements, driving sales growth by more than $2 billion. Prior to Nortel Networks, Sam spent 10 years at SBC Technology Resources in several technical and management positions. He started his career at AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore.

Sam earned an M.S. in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He holds four networking patents.

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As EVP Sales, Marty overseas all partner development and revenue generation for the corporation.

Marty has an extensive background in computer systems and enterprise software. Prior to Arsenal, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at stored IQ, an Information Life Cycle software company. Marty also spent six years in the high technology venture capital business helping venture firms with revenue growth, management organization and mentoring in their portfolio companies. He served in the capacity of venture partner at both Austin Ventures and Murphree Venture Partners.

Previously, Marty held the position of Vice President of Operations at Landmark Graphics. During his tenure, Landmark increased revenues from $70 million to greater than $250 million and reduced system integration time from 25 days to 3 days. In addition, Marty held senior sales and marketing positions at two start ups that entered the public markets through IPO; massComp and Silicon Graphics. Marty brings to Arsenal over 30 years of high technology leadership and revenue growth experience.

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As CMO, Brian oversees all marketing functions at Arsenal including long-range strategy, offer and channel marketing, communications, and demand generation.

A technology industry veteran, Brian joins Arsenal after eight years in senior-level strategy and marketing positions at EMC Corporation. Most recently, his role included planning and developing new market strategies, including M&A, for EMC's $1B professional services business unit. During that time, he was an active participant in EMC's CTO Council, providing critical market insights that influenced technology roadmaps and investments, particularly in the area of Business Continuity. Separately, Brian orchestrated the global marketing launch of the Symmetrix DMX, as well as the first focused campaign to penetrate the mid-market. Brian also helped establish EMC's global online presence through the development of the first integrated customer and partner communications portal, Powerlink, and the subsequent launch of the company's first e-commerce engine.

Prior to EMC, Brian held senior management positions at MCI Telecommunications, leading online product development and hosting for a variety of internal and external clients. Brian started his career in IT consulting, focused on database and data management applications, serving clients primarily in the financial services, pharmaceutical, and government sectors.

Brian holds a B.A. from Bennington College in Biological Sciences and a Masters in Business Administration from George Mason University.