Don Jaworski CEO, SwiftStack

SwiftStack, Inc., in object storage software for the enterprise, has named Don Jaworski CEO.

 He assumes the new executive leadership role as SwiftStack prepares for growth as a result of increasing demand for an enterprise-ready object store that delivers the scalability and flexibility required to enable the adoption of storage for large-scale environments.

He succeeds co-founder Joe Arnold who will remain SwiftStack s president and chief product officer.

Today’s data footprints are growing, with greater complexity. Beyond scaling data, IT must cope with changing business expectations that affect performance, impact virtualized IT landscapes and drive alternative service delivery models.

Traditional storage solutions are no longer viable in this new landscape which is globally distributed and requires access from anywhere, on any device and using any application.

SwiftStack provides thestorage architecture needed to optimize application performance and the flexibility and choice of hardware required to increase efficiencies. With OpenStack Swift as its core, SwiftStack is delivering on an accessible enterprise-ready object store.

“There is a global revolution in IT that s driving a new organizational model to IT-as-a-Service. Object storage is enabling this transformation and only an open source model can deliver the innovation and vendor neutrality needed to fuel this change,” said Jaworski. “SwiftStack s purpose-built object store is uniquely positioned to address this emerging market opportunity. I look forward to helping chart the company s growth during such a pivotal time in the history of enterprise storage.”

“During this time of true storage transformation, there is no better person to lead SwiftStack than Don,”  said Arnold. “Don has been central to each major shift in storage. His insights, vision and leadership is exactly what we need for this next phase of rapid growth.”

Jaworski brings more than 30 years of product, engineering and executive management experience to SwiftStack. His career includes past executive positions with NetApp, Brocade, Engine Yard, CacheFlow Inc. (now BlueCoat), Nokia Internet Communications, Ipsilon Networks (Nokia) and Sun Microsystems (Oracle).

He also serves as advisor and board member for early stage companies:

• Present: SwiftStack (founding advisor / consulting / board member), Ayla Networks (founding advisor / board member), Mines (founding advisor), Vexana (advisor), DriveScale (advisor), StackStorm (advisor), Panasas (board member)
• Past: Reverb Technologies (advisor / consulting), Cloudscaling (advisor / consulting), Beats Music (consulting), GridIron Systems (board member), StorSimple (advisor), Embrane Systems (advisor)

He received a B.S. in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University.