Randall L. Chalfant, Marketing and Strategy Director, Storage, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Randall L. Chalfant is responsible for marketing strategy and is the chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems, Louisville, Colorado. Chalfant's expertise is represented by over 33 years of experience in business development, storage, mainframes, open system servers, operating systems, applications, and networking solutions. Chalfant is responsible for a variety of technical, communication, and strategy goals at StorageTek. His responsibilities include driving the strategic sales process, and the analysis and development of advanced storage technologies and business strategies that drive new and emerging opportunities that support StorageTek's core businesses through Information Lifecycle management. Chalfant also acts as an executive speechwriter, corporate evangelist, and visionary, delivering lectures and private executive briefings globally.
A published author, Chalfant's work has appeared in many trade magazines. Chalfant has lectured widely at such institutions as SNW, Interop, SHARE, CMG, Disaster Recovery, DPMA, NASPA, EuroStorage, and CeBit, as well as various user groups and customers globally. He has provided storage planning, consulting, and education services for many corporations throughout Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia Pacific.