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Michael Lombardo, Vice President of Channel Sales of Tintri, Recognized as 2018 CRN® Channel Chief

TNTRQ | February 12, 2018

Michael Lombardo, Vice President of Channel Sales of Tintri, Recognized as 2018 CRN _® Channel Chief

Tintri, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNTR) announced today that CRN _® , a brand of The Channel Company, has named Michael Lombardo, Vice President of Channel Sales, to its list of 2018 Channel Chiefs. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel.

Channel Chief honorees are selected by CRN’s editorial staff on the basis of their professional achievements, standing in the industry, dedication to the channel partner community, and strategies for driving future growth and innovation. Each of the 2018 Channel Chiefs has demonstrated loyalty and ongoing support for the IT channel by promoting, defending and executing outstanding channel partner programs.

Lombardo has been focused on refining Tintri’s channel strategy and driving tighter collaboration with partners. He helped launch the T1000, all-flash storage preconfigured for the channel. The entry-level price point of the T1000 has helped partners introduce Tintri to new accounts and offer customers a differentiated solution.

“The executives on CRN’s 2018 Channel Chiefs list stand out for their exceptional leadership, vision and commitment to the channel,” said Robert Faletra, Executive Chairman of The Channel Company. “These individuals deserve special recognition for their development and support of robust partner programs, innovative business strategy and significant contribution to the overall health of a vigorously growing channel. We applaud each Channel Chief’s impressive record of accomplishments and look forward to their future successes.”

“Michael has played a big role in reinforcing Tintri’s commitment to the channel,” said Tom Ellery, EVP, Americas, Tintri. “Over the past year Tintri has expanded certifications and training, added to enablement programs and executed creative events with channel partners. Michael has been on the road meeting with channel partners, capturing their feedback and finding new pathways to market. Recognition as a Channel Chief is well deserved evidence of his impact at Tintri.”

The 2018 CRN Channel Chiefs list, including the 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs, is featured online at www.crn.com/channelchiefs and will appear in the February 2018 issue of CRN.

About Tintri

Tintri (NASDAQ: TNTR) offers an enterprise cloud infrastructure built on a public-cloud like web services architecture and RESTful APIs. Organizations use Tintri all-flash storage with scale-out and automation as a foundation for their own clouds—to build agile development environments for cloud native applications and to run mission-critical enterprise applications. Tintri enables users to guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks to reduce operating expenses, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization's needs to scale—the underpinnings of a modern data center. That's why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, United Healthcare and 20% of the Fortune 100, trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

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About The Channel Company

The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequalled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelco.com

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