David Quarles

An industry veteran in technology marketing and sales, David is responsible for leading the company’s extensive sales and distribution organization, and bringing Virtium industrial-grade solid-state storage and memory solutions to customers around the globe. Quarles reports directly to Phu Hoang, founder and CEO.

Quarles most recently served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales at high-speed networking device maker Aquantia Corp., which was acquired by Marvell Technology during his tenure. Prior to Aquantia/Marvell, he was with integrated circuit maker Linear Technology Corp. where he began as a field sales engineer and rose through the ranks to various marketing and sales management positions, eventually serving as Vice President of International Sales. Quarles built the international sales team that helped the company grow revenues past $1B. Linear Technology was acquired by Analog Devices, Inc.

Quarles holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also played for the Cornell Big Red football team.