Eli Tiomkin

Eli Tiomkin has a diverse work experience in the technology and storage industry. Eli currently holds the position of VP Sales and Business Development at Virtium LLC. Eli is responsible for leading the sales and business development strategies for the company, which specializes in industrial-grade SSD Storage and Memory Module solutions. Prior to this, they worked as a Strategic Planner at Solidigm and as the Director of the Board of Directors at SNIA.

Tiomkin has also held roles at NGD Systems, Inc., where they served as the VP of Business Development. Eli played a key role in bringing computational storage technology to market, which revolutionized the economics and footprint requirements of near-real-time big data analytics. Eli also worked at StorONE as part of the Business Development team, where they helped redefine software-defined storage and transform the perception of storage from an IT cost center to a resource that provides organizations with key competitive advantages.

Before that, they worked at WD, a Western Digital company, as the Modern Datacenter Storage Product Marketing lead and as the Director of Business Development. Eli focused on supporting the public cloud segment and implementing cold storage and archive solutions. Prior to WD, they served as the Director of Sales at Violin Memory, where they led strategic sales initiatives and pursued new market opportunities.

Tiomkin's early experience includes working at Western Digital (STEC), where they held the position of Director, OEM Sales. Eli played a pivotal role in introducing flash-based storage and SSDs to the enterprise market. Eli also worked at M-Systems as a Sales Director, contributing to the company's growth during the initial Flash revolution in the storage market.

Throughout their career, Eli Tiomkin has demonstrated expertise in sales, business development, strategic planning, and product marketing in the storage industry.

Eli Tiomkin completed an MBA in International Business and Organizational Behavior from Oakland University, spanning from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that, from 1991 to 1994, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree with a major in Marketing, also from Oakland University. Eli Tiomkin's high school education was completed at Ostrovesky High School; however, specific start and end years are not provided. In addition to their formal education, they obtained a certification in "Leading Innovative Change: Executive Education Program" from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in March 2015.