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David West has served as our Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development since April 2011. Prior to his current role, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from September 2005 to March 2011, and as our vice president of business development from August 2000 to September 2005.

Prior to joining our company, Mr. West served as a director of strategic alliances from April 1999 to July 2000 and vice president of storage solutions in July 2000 at Legato Systems, Inc., which was subsequently acquired by EMC Corporation.

Prior to joining Legato Systems, Mr. West served as vice president of sales at Intelliguard Software, Inc., which was also subsequently acquired by EMC Corporation, from 1990 to April 1999.

Mr. West obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University.

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One afternoon. Five teams. A lasting impact.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"How can we make an impact today?"

This is the question I blindsided the members of CommVault's global marketing leadership team with as we gathered recently in my hometown of Philadelphia for a few days of strategic planning and creative brainstorming.

The impact I was referring to was not the kind that is directly associated with the growth of CommVault's bottom line, but rather, the impact that can be made when a group of passionate, committed people are given an opportunity to be extraordinary and help those less fortunate than ourselves.

I was inspired by what Seth Godin expresses in his book Linchpin, which is that truly great companies only become so when the people who work there exert emotional labor to accomplish remarkable things. I thought, "How interesting it would be to test this notion by introducing 'CommVault Gives Back' to my team, with one very simple premise: Make a real and immediate impact on as many people as possible within a few hours."

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