SGI Names Rick Rinehart as VP of Services

SGI announced the latest addition to their executive team.  Rick Rinehart was named Vice President of Services.  He will handle worldwide service operations and report directly to CEO Mark Barrenechea.

SGI logoRick Rinehart has a proven track record of success leading very large service organizations at Sun and StorageTeK and I am delighted he is joining SGI to lead our services organization,” said Mark J. Barrenechea, SGI CEO. “He will help us build upon our customer-centric culture, expand our service offerings and grow our business.”

Rick was formerly the VP of global customer services at Sun Microsystems [now Oracle].  At Sun, the services organization brought in $1.4Billion in annual revenue.

SGI has a long-standing reputation as a leader in innovative supercomputing solutions, and I’m thrilled to be joining this market-leading company,” said Rinehart. “I look forward to expanding and enhancing SGI’s global services capabilities so that we further exceed customer expectations.”

For more info, read their full release here.