Ellen Lail

Ellen was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism (A.B.J) and later completed her Masters Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (M.S.) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ellen is currently the Regional Sales Director of Sales, Southeast U.S., Pure Storage, Inc. Pure Storage is a Silicon Valley-based market leader in independent solid-state arrays. Ellen joined Pure to build the Southeastern sales and engineering team, producing sales of $2.8M in her first year. Three years later, her team produced sales of $77M, marking 2,650% growth. This achievement earned her District the title of #1 Sales District Worldwide in 2015. Since then, Ellen and her team have continued to show sales growth.

Prior to joining Pure Storage, Ellen held various sales leadership, business development and alliance roles at Cisco and BellSouth Business Systems. She also and led the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast and Federal Teams as Divisional Vice President of sales for VCE (Virtual Computing Environment). In addition to her position on the Georgia PATENTS advisory board, Ellen enjoys volunteering as mentor for both Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Women Unlimited, a Women’s Leadership Development Organization and serving on the Open Doors and Red Carpet committees of Saint Mark United Methodist Church’s membership outreach programs.

Ellen and her husband, Mike, reside in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia where they enjoy all the city of Atlanta has to offer from it’s fabulous restaurants, music venues and museums to its beautiful weather where they enjoy biking, hiking and tennis.