NextIO, a premier provider of next-generation I/O solutions, today announced that the company has named DaWane Wanek as vice president of world wide sales. Wanek will lead NextIO’s global sales activity and will report directly to the company’s president and CEO, K.C. Murphy.

Prior to joining NextIO, Wanek served as a member of the executive team at Dell, Inc., where he was a director of the Advanced Systems Group, a division responsible for technical sales. Wanek has also held senior sales leadership positions with companies such as RLX Technologies, Scalable Software, Inc., BMC Software and Data General Corporation.

“NextIO continuously distinguishes itself as an industry leader in server I/O virtualization by offering our customers the most innovative data center solutions,” said K.C. Murphy, president and CEO, NextIO. “With his many leadership positions at both start-up and Fortune 1000 companies, DaWane will be the focal point for maximizing sales through our channels and helping to drive rapid market adoption of NextIO’s flexible, agile, and low cost server I/O technologies with customers.”