Kristin Carnes VP Global Channel Sales, PernixData

PernixData, Inc. announced that Kristin Carnes has joined the company as VP of global channel sales.

As the newest member of PernixData’s executive leadership team, she will manage the company’s worldwide channel sales efforts, which have been indispensable to the company’s record setting revenue over the past year.

She brings more than 18 years of storage and channel experience. Prior to joining the company, she was VP of global channel sales at Nimble Storage where she worked with the worldwide sales organization to develop a global network of distribution partners supporting more than 1000 resellers worldwide. While at Nimble Storage, she was recognized as Channel Chief and Women of the Channel for 2013, 2014, and 2015.  She was also recognized by CRN as one of the Power 100 in 2014 and 2015. Prior to Nimble, she held various channel sales positions at EMC, McData, and Veritas.

“We are extremely excited to add such a respected channel sales leader to our executive team,” said Poojan Kumar, CEO and co-founder, PernixData. “Her industry experience and channel acumen are invaluable as we rapidly expand our sales footprint globally. Kristin’s appointment underscores our unwavering commitment to the channel, which also includes substantial investments in reseller programs and tools that facilitate the deployment of PernixData software in every virtualized data center.”  

“PernixData has an extremely channel friendly solution that presents an enormous market opportunity for PernixData partners,” said Carnes. “I am very excited to be working with the best solutions providers in the world to sell such a revolutionary storage product, and to build world class services that bring storage to a whole new level.“