Victor brings more than 25 years of operational and storage technology leadership to Panasas. He most recently served as the president and CEO of Chaparral Network Storage Corp., where he implemented a new storage virtualization strategy and international distribution model before the company's successful acquisition by Dot Hill Systems. Prior to joining Chaparral, Victor served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek®), the leading provider of enterprise information lifecycle management. During his 22-year tenure at StorageTek, he successfully managed a broad range of responsibilities in various U.S. and international executive positions. Victor was responsible for corporate marketing and product strategy for disk, tape, tape automation, software, Storage Area Networks and related services. Most notably, he revived StorageTek's mainframe disk business by establishing a groundbreaking development and distribution partnership with IBM. Victor also implemented strategic relationships and distribution pacts with Hewlett Packard, Compaq Computer and Sun Microsystems.

Victor received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from The Catholic University of Puerto Rico.