Rick Scurfield Chief Revenue Officer, Vast Data

VAST Data Ltd. named Rick Scurfield as its chief revenue officer (CRO). 

This hire marks a significant step in the company’s mission to bring to market the only data platform built for the AI era. In this new role, Scurfield is poised to help the company enable organizations around the world to make their data more meaningful, unlocking radical intelligence and utility.

He is a veteran sales executive in the technology industry, brings a wealth of experience to VAST Data. With a career touting various senior leadership roles, he has a proven track record of driving sales growth with a customer-first mindset, most notably over the course of a 20+ year span at NetApp. While at NetApp, he played a pivotal role in transforming the company’s go-to-market (GTM) strategies and boosting revenue streams. 

He will oversee the company’s global sales strategy, aiming to expand market share and foster customer relationships across new industries and use cases. His expertise in overseeing sales operations, customer engagements and business development will be invaluable in propelling VAST’s success.

“Rick’s exceptional track record in the tech industry makes him a perfect fit for our ambitious sales goals and expansion into new global markets,” said Renen Hallak, CEO and co-founder. “We are confident that he will help shape VAST’s sales organization and strategy to further our mission of providing the end-to-end operating system for AI and deep learning deployments to businesses worldwide.”

This appointment comes at a time when VAST Data is experiencing rapid growth, thanks to its approach to helping organizations process large quantities of structured and unstructured data. The VAST Data Platform unifies storage, database, and containerized compute engine services into a single, scalable software platform architected from the ground up to power AI and accelerated computing tools in modern data centers and clouds. The platform enables organizations to understand all data, both structured and unstructured as it exists in the natural world, to generate superior insights and unlock new value.

“VAST Data’s mission extends beyond ambition; it’s a pledge to innovate and remove the obstacles that limit progress within AI infrastructure – by rethinking it entirely,” said Scurfield. “It’s thrilling to join VAST at such a pivotal moment in technology history. As we scale, I look forward to working with the team to drive continued, record-breaking growth and bring the VAST Data Platform to AI-ready organizations worldwide in order to actively unlock the full potential of their data.”