BEN WOO

He is a recognized, celebrated, provocative market visionary and thought leader. Mr. Woo frequently speaks at industry and customer events worldwide and is often quoted by leading business and technology press.Mr. Woo has dedicated his entire career to the data and information industry. He uses this diverse set of skills, knowledge and experience to provide in-depth market insight and advice on key aspects of the IT marketplace to both vendors and buyers of technology. Mr. Woo also advises Wall Street clients and other interested stakeholders.A self-confessed “closet geek”, Mr. Woo is uniquely able to articulate business values from complex technologies and conversely, communicate technically, the shifting challenges faced by organizations today. Additionally, Mr. Woo has served on a number of advisory councils of leading storage manufacturers advising them on strategies and direction relating to the industry.

Prior to founding Neuralytix, Mr. Woo was the Program Vice President of IDC’s Worldwide Storage Systems Research, where he led a team of analysts responsible for advising clients on the evolution and trends related to data storage system. While at IDC, Mr. Woo also initiated the research on Big Data.

Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Woo served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at a national provider of technology solutions and services, where he was responsible for the dramatic growth and expansion of the company. Mr. Woo has served in several key sales and management roles at Network Appliance, Inc. and MTI Technology Corporation. He started his career in Sydney, Australia where he delivered one of the very first keynote speeches on the then nascent data storage technology we now know as RAID.