Salvatore Vento

• Member of executive team (reporting directly to the CEO) being one of the people responsible to define the company strategies • CEO of Dis3bution srl • Part of the team responsible to define the price strategies at global level • Responsible to develop the S3+ brand and products throughout EMEA, USA and LATAM • Management of staff across various departments

NET&TRADE is a service agency that combines Sales, Marketing and Tech Support expertise. Starting from a decennial experience in the Italian market, the company planned to expand its presence across EMEA, using a network of sales and marketing guru. We're assisted on the technical side by Hardware Upgrade SRL, publisher of the website "Hardware Upgrade" (www.hwupgrade.it) that is the n°1 stop for the tech enthusiast community and a reference point for market specialists. You provide the brand. We'll do all the rest.

360 is an agency that combines Sales, Marketing and Tech Support expertise. This passionate group of sales and marketing experts, technical gurus and strategists are here to connect your brand with new markets and opportunities. From large scale presence across worldwide markets to smaller tailored offerings, we’re here to create connections and make your business growth and success a reality.

Responsible for all sales of OCZ, an SSD brand offered by Toshiba for the consumer market. • Managed and solved all the problems caused as a result of the bankruptcy of OCZ Technology • Reorganized the distribution channel to support the start-up of the new OCZ Storage Solution brands • Rebuilt a distribution channel for both consumers and enterprise products • Developed a channel sales line with pricing strategy to insure uniform pricing and margin maintenance

Responsible for the FSP Retail business. • Build a distribution Channel for FSP Retail Products (PSU, Adapter, Powerbank, UPS, Accessories) • Create a T2 Channel • Bring the business at the most important eTailer

Responsible for Sales and PR driving the company to lead in several PC Components segments. Manage a monthly revenue peaking at $1.6m and report to European Sales Director and WW PR Manager. • Increased product mix to 60% and improved margin by developing no-DRAM products • Brought Corsair alongside market leader Kingston in DRAM segment, overtaking in the high-segment • Drove Corsair to top 2 in the PSU segment (per revenue) • Developed Corsair into an important player at Amazon.it, €300k sell-out in 2011, €900k in 2012 • Rebuilt a network of relationships to develop marketing activities ( ASUS, Intel, MSI, NVidia )

Established external hard disk drive brand in Italian market through developing relationships with key Direct Marketers: B2C Web sites, mail orders and Amazon, reporting to European Sales Channel Director. • Developed, implemented and managed a base of new and existing channel partners • Managed the transition from the Maxtor to the Seagate brand, after a slump of over 50% • Reorganized the channel as the big revenue based distributors dropped from 9 to 5 • Introduced Seagate in many key Italian retailers reaching $15m/175Kpcs by 2011 from 70kpcs in 2009 establishing the brand as the alternative to WD the market leader

Re-organised the memory business inside the biggest Italian distributors with responsibility for the management of the 3 companies, reporting to the company Board. • Managed memory business at Comprel and Esprinet with a line directly to the Board • Reorganised and developed a new internal channel model avoiding too many intercompany transfers • Created a memory division at Esprinet and developed new business approach/ideas at Comprel • Increased revenue from €15m to €18m, establishing Esprinet as the largest Italian distributor • Built a new team of 5 people fully dedicated to the memory business • Trained and supported a team of 27 Sales Representatives at Comprel to sell memory products • Defined pricing strategy for 3 product lines ( DRAM, flash cards & USB Pen Drive ) • Created a plan for Pan-European team to coordinate memory business in Italy, Spain and onward

Fully responsible for the P&L, Sales, and Marketing of a startup founded as the evolution of memory trading businesses. Report to the CEO and the family shareholders. • Reached $30m revenue after 12 months from the launch of the company • Built worldwide distribution channel from scratch including South America, Europe and EMEA • Created the worldwide Sales & Marketing organisation, recruiting and training 8 employees • Defined the worldwide pricing strategy for 3 product lines, DRAM, flash cards and USB Pen Drive • Introduced S3+ to the biggest Italian IT distributor (Esprinet)

Established the brand in the Italian market launching new lines and driving the Italian turnover from $6m to $48m in 7 years, reporting to the European Sales Director/Management. • Worked with the European marketing team and developed a Sales & Marketing strategy that drove Kingston to be the premier memory manufacturer in Italy • Introduced Kingston to the main Pan-European distributors Ingram Micro and Tech Data • Launched and established Kingston ValueRAM as an alternative to DRAM brand memories • Launched and established Kingston Digital Media products at resellers, shops chains and etailers • Built a large tier-2 customer base, key to the long term growth, maximizing the results by products segment (branded DRAMs for VARs/resellers, ValueRAM for SIs , Digital Media for resellers/etailers)

• Fit the Digital Equipment strategy to the distribution channel (first example in the Italian market ) • Be the interface between the hardware provider and the company • Responsible of defining the budget in co-operation with the B.U. Manager • Responsible of the internal/external pre-sales support • Responsible of purchasing and inventory management • Co-ordinate two assistants to ensure efficient and stable services to the internal/external sales force • Account Manager for certain Key clients (namely large industrial customers)

• Account management and Business Development for industrial hardware/software solutions – SME and Enterprise Accounts • New Business Accounts developed through cold calling and targeted email campaigns • Day to day management of customer database to provide accurate statistics • Understand and promote new initiatives • Revenue generation through business development and lead generation • Produce accurate forecasting for the sales manager

Product Manager - Metrologie Italia (ex Celdis) – From November 1989 to October 1992 • Build strategic plan to sell Digital Equipment systems to end user market thru distribution (first example in the Italian market) • Be the interface between the hardware provider and the company • Responsible of defining the budget in co-operation with the B.U. Manager • Responsible of the internal/external pre-sales support Field Application Engineer – Celdis – From November 1987 to October 1989 • Customer pre-sales and post-sales support on industrial application based on Digital Equipment and Motorola hardware/software solution • Writing of software for industrial embedding system • Maintenance and installation on field of industrial system based on Digital Equipment PDP boards