Scott Farrand, VP of Software & Systems Engineering, RLX Technologies Scott Farrand is responsible for the development of all RLX management software and operating systems support for RLX ServerBlades. Additionally, Mr. Farrand manages all RLX software and solutions development for ServerBlade providing scale-out leadership. Formerly with AltaVista Company, he designed the infrastructure that ported the Web software on the search engine from C/C++ on expensive compute infrastructure to Java on Linux running on industry-standard x86 hardware. Prior to Alta Vista, Mr. Farrand was at Compaq Computer Corporation for 12 years where he founded and developed Compaq's first systems management products. Mr. Farrand brought these products through several generational designs include Web-based solutions and porting multiple platforms that included: Windows NT®, NetWare, SCO-Unix, Tru64 Unix, Win95, Win98 and OS/2. Mr. Farrand directly managed the Systems Management group of 130 fulltime and 20 contract employees and several overseas programs. Before joining Compaq, Mr. Farrand founded a start-up software company where he developed the Windows Terminal program. Mr. Farrand earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois. He holds 10 U.S. patents in systems management. Contact Us Home