BridgeHead Software, supplier of the Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) technology platform for hospital data management, has appointed a new Director of Sales for EMEA.

Tony Tomkys, an expert in healthcare data and storage management, aims to increase BridgeHead's customer base in NHS and private healthcare in the UK as well as driving pan-European initiatives.

Tomkys has 27 years' experience in IT - most recently with CommVault, where he was Business Director for Public Sector. He previously held a range of positions, from direct sales to channel management, at companies including Steria, Morse, HP, Unisys and Apple.

"I have been working in the public sector for some time, but I was really attracted by BridgeHead's specialisation in healthcare, particularly their Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) architecture," Tomkys said.

"HSV is fast becoming recognised by healthcare IT professionals as an intuitive, future-proof technology platform that solves one of the most urgent problems facing hospitals today: that of the security, protection, management and storage of terabytes of patient and administrative data in a flexible, efficient and cost-effective way."

Tony Cotterill, Chief Executive of BridgeHead Software, commented: "We are pleased to welcome Tony Tomkys to the BridgeHead Software team. His experience and knowledge of public sector healthcare in particular will be invaluable to us as we increase the uptake of our data and storage management solutions throughout the UK, mainland Europe and further afield."

BridgeHead Software is based in Ashtead, Surrey. Its HSV solutions for the backup, recovery and archiving of clinical data are designed to operate with any hospital's software and hardware systems, regardless of vendor.

 
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