Fagan leaves CMS Distribution for Seagate

Group marketing director takes on cloud-based role at hard drive maker

Joe Fagan has returned to his vendor roots after leaving CMS Distribution for a cloud-based role at Seagate Technology.

CMS Distribution recently changed its name from CMS Peripherals to reflect its direction going forward.

Fagan (pictured), who joined CMS Distribution from Maxtor in 2006, today started his new role as senior director, cloud initiatives EMEA at Seagate.

It is understood he will be helping to develop more suitable disk drive technology for increasing cloud computing demands.

"I am very excited about working at Seagate. They are great people, a great company and it is a great industry. It is also a rising tide," he told CRN.

"However, I will miss my CMS Distribution family. If it were not for my time and the experience I gained at CMS, I would not have been able to get the job at Seagate. It was a fantastic company and Frank (Salmon, founder) was a real gentleman to work with and treated me with respect and dignity."

CRN understands a replacement for Fagan at CMS Distribution is set to be announced shortly.