Erik Ottem

Erik Ottem is the Director of Marketing within Western Digital’s Data Center Systems group and responsible for go-to-market execution, collateral development, product messaging and positioning, sales and channel training, and press and analyst briefings. He has over twenty-five years of experience in high-tech storage sales and marketing that cover systems, semiconductors, devices and software for such companies as IBM, Seagate, Agilent, Gadzoox Networks, Violin Memory and Western Digital. Erik earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Plant Science from the University of California, Davis and his Masters of Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis.