Salima Abbas - President
Salima Abbas is the President of Data Agility Group. Since 2007, her talent for making rapid assessments of diverse situational challenges has provided the focus for her multi-functional role with DAG. Salima handles the business operations and management of key functions for DAG including human resources, strategic planning, resource acquisition, finance, and engineering.
Prior to Data Agility Group, Salima worked in the marketing department with Logility, Inc. She specialized in the creation of strategic and operations materials for their core operations. Salima attended Loyola University in Chicago, and she is the mother of 2 young boys.
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Prior to Data Agility Group, Salima worked in the marketing department with Logility, Inc. She specialized in the creation of strategic and operations materials for their core operations. Salima attended Loyola University in Chicago, and she is the mother of 2 young boys.
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Andy Abbas - Vice President, Technical Services
Andy Abbas, co-founder of Data Agility Group, is the Vice President of Technical Services. He has developed a business centric, service offering; enabling Data Agility Group to negotiate agreements with strategic partners to provide the best options to its market share. Andy's expertise lie in keeping a focus on the business requirements while using emerging technologies to fulfill clients needs. He is a knowledge-expert in the field, and a speaker at many IT conferences. Andy is a frequent speaker at storage and data center events, notably SNW.
Prior to Data Agility Group, he spent six years with AT&T, specializing in architecting storage solutions. From 1999 until 2007 he spearheaded the implementation of one of the first SANs for AT&T. During Andy's tenure at AT&T, he led efforts in developing and streamlining processes for providing storage solutions to internal business groups. He managed several efforts in migrating large amounts of data in heterogeneous environments. Andy has also worked for a number of companies in the state of Illinois as a Technical Support Specialist for Corporate Accounts.
Andy received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
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Prior to Data Agility Group, he spent six years with AT&T, specializing in architecting storage solutions. From 1999 until 2007 he spearheaded the implementation of one of the first SANs for AT&T. During Andy's tenure at AT&T, he led efforts in developing and streamlining processes for providing storage solutions to internal business groups. He managed several efforts in migrating large amounts of data in heterogeneous environments. Andy has also worked for a number of companies in the state of Illinois as a Technical Support Specialist for Corporate Accounts.
Andy received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
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Stoney Gwitira - Vice President, Information Technology
Stoney Gwitira's vast experience in Storage and Computer System Administration brought him to Data Agility Group as its Vice President of Information Technology. Agreeing with DAG's its philosophy of providing professional specialized storage solutions, Stoney works to strengthen the options available to clientele and works hands-on in a variety of client environments.
Prior to this position, Stoney worked with AT&T as a Senior Technical Architect in a Storage Planning and Solution Architecture role. Within his 12 years with AT&T, Stoney migrated over 500TB over 500+ hosts across multiple Storage array vendors worldwide.
He holds four degrees. a BS in Information Systems, a BS in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington plus two Masters degrees: a MBA and a MIS in Technology and Engineering Management from Dallas Baptist University. When not creating specialized solutions, Stoney is an active member of the Association of IT Professionals in Dallas, Texas, as well as volunteering at Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, TX. Stoney is a Dallas resident who maintains his ties to the Zimbabwe community.
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Prior to this position, Stoney worked with AT&T as a Senior Technical Architect in a Storage Planning and Solution Architecture role. Within his 12 years with AT&T, Stoney migrated over 500TB over 500+ hosts across multiple Storage array vendors worldwide.
He holds four degrees. a BS in Information Systems, a BS in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington plus two Masters degrees: a MBA and a MIS in Technology and Engineering Management from Dallas Baptist University. When not creating specialized solutions, Stoney is an active member of the Association of IT Professionals in Dallas, Texas, as well as volunteering at Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, TX. Stoney is a Dallas resident who maintains his ties to the Zimbabwe community.
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