Alex Winokur is a prime innovator in the area of data management, data protection and the storage industry.. Winokur spent eleven years in the IBM Research Division, achieving the prestigious IBM Master Inventor title, and authoring and co-authoring over 15 patents in storage, network management, and telecommunication areas.. Winokur has a. rich systems engineering background and a proven record of developing high-performance, high-availability storage subsystems. He is a strong leader with an established record of building R&D organizations.. Prior to co-founding Axxana, Winokur was the CTO of XIV Information Systems (acquired by IBM) and the founder of Sepaton (Formerly SANgate), a successful start up company in the area of Storage Area Networks (SAN). Dr. Winokur was named to CRN’s 2010 list of “Storage Superstars.”. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Penn State University.
