Mario Blandini CMO and Chief Evangelist, Tintri by DDN

Tintri by DDN announced two new additions to its executive team: Anand Ghatnekar as VP of engineering and Mario Blandini as CMO and chief evangelist.

These appointments come following a third consecutive quarter of growth in deployments with large-scale enterprise customers who continue to invest millions of dollars in intelligent infrastructure for their environments.
 
“I am excited about the progress being made as we scale from a strong foundation to bring the Tintri by DDN experience to more enterprise data centers,” said Tom Ellery, GM and SVP of field operations. “Our strategy is to continue using growth to invest further in personnel and technology to advance the value of automation and analytics for our customers. Anand and Mario each bring a track record of leadership and success that will accelerate innovation and extend the value of the organization.“
 
Anand Ghatnekar brings nearly 30 years of engineering leadership and development experience to the company. As VP of engineering, he will be responsible for spearheading engineering strategy, planning and execution to drive the delivery of innovation. His experience in managing software product R&D operations in both global start-ups and large technology vendors will support continued expansion. Previously, he delivered enterprise software products and solutions in telecommunications, information security, and in primary and secondary storage technologies at Seagate, EMC, Symantec, Symphony Services, and CA, Inc.
 
“Customers come first, and Tintri by DDN has always had a uniquely intimate dialogue with customers, which earned it a reputation for innovation and simplicity,” he said. “I believe there is tremendous opportunity to advance the state of the art of automation and analytics in data centers, and I am excited to be part of further innovation for next generation architectures.”
 
Mario Blandini, who brings more than 20 years of marketing experience in the IT, networking, SaaS, and cloud data center sectors, will drive go-to-market strategy and awareness-building programs as CMO and chief evangelist. Previously, he held senior marketing, product, technical, and solution sales roles in venture-backed and public storage technology companies serving a variety of different markets. He began his career serving six years in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in IT systems. He worked formerly at Swiftstack, Drobo, Brocade, Rhapsody Networks, Sanrise and Adaptec.

“What excites me most about evangelizing our technology is that Tintri by DDN is genuinely different and beloved by those in organizations who derive value from our solutions every day,” he said. “Experience matters more than anything, and I look forward to being part of a team that empowers stakeholders in enterprise IT to choose intelligent infrastructure based on what is most important to them and their upstream development teams and customers.”