Tech Data established
its AIS Division in January 2007 to help its resellers capitalize on
the demand for blade servers, storage, server virtualization and other
data center technologies. AIS supports resellers selling virtualization
technology from VMware, Citrix XenServer, Parallels and Virtual Iron.
Tech Data veteran Peterson was chosen to head up the new division.
Peterson joined Tech
Data in 1996 as director of Sales Planning and has held positions as
head of Business Operations for Tech Data's Outsourcing division and
vice president, East and Government sales, the company's largest sales
division.
Before joining Tech
Data, Peterson held management positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Honeywell and Polaroid. Peterson earned a master's degree in business
administration from Florida State University and a bachelor's degree in
accounting from Tuskegee University.
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