About me

Nick Kirsch is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of the Isilon Storage Division at EMC. His primary focus is extending EMC Isilon's lead in Scale-Out NAS products, technologies and market solutions. Nick is currently responsible for both product and technology strategy for Isilon's integrated storage appliance and the OneFS distributed file system. He also drives advanced development and strategic acquisitions. Nick joined Isilon Engineering in 2002 as a Software Engineer for OneFS before serving as the Director of Software Engineering through 2007. He built and led Isilon's Product Management organization as Senior Director of Product Management through 2012. Nick holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington.