Mercer Rowe VP Business Development, Qumulo

Qumulo, Inc. added two members to its management team: Mercer Rowe as VP of business development and Josh Harbert as VP of demand generation.
 
“Thanks to our customers, Qumulo has taken off and is quickly becoming an industry standard. We have the right solution, the market for hybrid cloud file storage has arrived, and it’s time to fuel our go-to-market strategy with industry leaders like Mercer and Josh,” said Bill Richter, president and CEO.
 
Rowe will be responsible for expanding the company’s partner ecosystem with software application vendors, hardware vendors and public cloud companies. He will forge and operationalise key partnerships with a goal of making it easier for customers to buy Qumulo. 
 
Mercer Rowe brings nearly two decades of experience with both Fortune 500 and start-up companies in the enterprise software space. He joins Qumulo from Avaya, where he was senior VP and GM of the company’s cloud business. Previously, he structured deals to expand IBM‘s Cloud and Watson platforms globally; founded and led a joint venture in Japan with SoftBank, creating SoftBank’s first cloud platform; and transformed VMware‘s partner consulting organisation while also incubating VMware’s owned and operated cloud service.
 
Josh Harbert will lead Qumulo’s demand generation strategy and implementation worldwide. Reporting to CMO Peter Zaballos, he brings over 20 years of experience in building and scaling worldwide demand generation and marketing organisations. Most recently, he served at enterprise software company Apptio, where he was VP marketing.

 
“There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Qumulo, we are seeing tremendous customer demand worldwide, as well as the incredibly high calibre of talent we continue to bring on board to fuel that growth,” said Zaballos. “Josh’s experience building and scaling demand generation for rapidly growing technology innovators like Apptio will be instrumental as we expand the category for hybrid cloud file storage.”
 
Harbert will be responsible for developing and executing measurable, integrated programs that drive engagement, pipeline, and revenue. He will oversee Qumulo’s digital demand generation, field and channel marketing, marketing operations, and events management. He will also be involved with managing marketing efforts in Europe.