Mario Montana

As the Vice President and general manager for the IDT Enterprise Computing Division, Mario Montana is responsible for driving IDT’s solutions addressing servers, storage and embedded communications applications. He is responsible for developing products in the area of Memory Interface Products (R-DIMM), PCI-Express® Switching, Enterprise Flash Controllers and Signal Integrity Products. He is also instrumental in managing the company’s strategic focus on standards-based switching, bridging and interconnect technologies.

During his 13+ years with IDT, Montana has held several positions. Prior to his current role, Montana was Director of the IDT Serial-Switching division. Before transitioning to the Serial-Switching division, Montana was director of the IDT strategic marketing group, where he was instrumental in many of the company’s acquisitions, including ZettaCom and IMC, which set the stage for the company’s entry into the serial-switching business, and prompted opportunities for the company to have a stronger presence in key market segments, including servers, storage and communications. Montana also served as product line director for the company’s telecommunications, FIFO, logic and timing groups, respectively.

Prior to joining IDT, Montana held several product marketing and engineering positions with companies such as Zarlink Semiconductor, Exar, Raytheon and Hewlett Packard. Montana received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Business Administration degree from Santa Clara University.