[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 107 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE 2015 INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SALES & BUSINESS 
           DEVELOPMENT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WINNER MARK WEBER

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 10, 2015

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the recipients of the 
Lifetime Achievement presented by the Institute for Excellence in Sales 
& Business Development (IES&BD). The Institute was created to foster 
excellence in business sales and development practices and to help 
organizations maximize their efforts. This annual award recognizes 
individuals, teams, and organizations throughout the United States who 
demonstrate exemplary performance through leadership, risk taking, 
innovation, vision, and customer development.
  The 2015 IES&BD Lifetime Achievement Award honoree is Mark Weber of 
NetApp, a data management and cloud storage provider based in Vienna, 
Virginia. With over 30 years of experience in technology sales and 
engineering, Mr. Weber is a proven leader in Information Technology 
with particular expertise in serving the public sector.
  Mr. Weber began his career as a federal account manager for Hewlett-
Packard and later joined Sun Microsystems where he managed a diverse 
portfolio and served in a variety of positions including regional 
executive director for federal, state, and local government sales.
  At NetApp, as Senior Vice President for the Americas, Mr. Weber leads 
sales, channels, engineering, professional services, business 
development, finance, operations, and marketing across North America, 
South America, and U.S. Public Sector. Prior to his current role, Mr. 
Weber served as the President and General Manager of NetApp U.S. Public 
Sector for ten years. He was responsible for managing and developing 
government business at the federal, state, and local levels in addition 
to higher education and teaching hospitals.
  Under his leadership, NetApp's Vienna office was ranked in the top 10 
for the best places to work in D.C. for the sixth time by the 
Washington Business Journal as well as repeatedly listed in the 
Washingtonian's Best 50 Places to Work issue.
  Mr. Weber's professionalism has earned him the respect and admiration 
of his peers. In 2014 he was recognized by the Wash100 Exec Ranks as an 
Innovative GovCon Technologist & Business Leader. He was also awarded 
the FedScoop50 Industry Leadership award in 2012 and 2013 and the 
Federal Computer Week's Federal 100 Award in 2011. Within NetApp, he 
has received the Club Award for nine straight years and is frequently 
recognized as Sales Leader of the Year within the larger organization.
  Mr. Weber sits on the Advisory Council for the Department of Business 
& Economics at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and is a board 
member of the Virginia Tech Science and Engineering Regional Growth 
Enterprise (VT-SERGE).
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mark Weber 
for his many contributions to the federal IT procurement field and on 
congratulating him on receiving the 2015 Institute for Excellence in 
Sales & Business Development Lifetime Achievement Award.

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