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SilverStorm Technologies, the leader in high performance interconnect solutions for clustered computing, announced today the appointment of Mike McPherson to the position of Vice President of Global Sales. "We have added Mike McPherson to our management team to help us continue the rapid sales growth SilverStorm has experienced," said Russ Hawkins, CEO of SilverStorm Technologies. "Mike has an impressive track record in developing and executing sales growth initiatives in both direct and indirect channel environments. We look forward to his contributions in fostering SilverStorm's continued growth." Mr. McPherson has over 25 years of experience in the computer and computer networking industry including roles at Texas Instruments, 3Com, SynOptics, Bay Networks, Alteon, Nortel Networks, Neterion and most recently PathScale. As Vice President of Worldwide Sales for PathScale, Mr. McPherson established OEM relationships with over 30 partners in the high performance computing market including IBM and Hewlett Packard, and was instrumental in increasing the valuation of the company prior to its recent acquisition by QLogic Corporation.