ThinkParQ Strengthens Global Sales Outreach with Appointment of Davide Villa as Vice President of Global Sales

ThinkParQ, the company behind the award-winning parallel file system BeeGFS, announced the appointment of Davide Villa as Vice President of Sales, effective immediately. In this role, Villa will lead ThinkParQ’s global sales enablement strategy, channel network, and drive continued expansion across international markets.

Villa brings extensive experience in enterprise technology sales, global account development, and sales leadership. He will be responsible for aligning sales operations worldwide, strengthening customer engagement, and accelerating growth across ThinkParQ’s portfolio. 

“Davide’s deep industry expertise and proven leadership make him an outstanding addition to our leadership team,” said Frank Herold, CEO, ThinkParQ. “As we enter our next phase of growth, we are evolving our leadership structure to ensure that both Sales and Marketing receive the focus, scale, and specialization required to support our global ambitions.”

ThinkParQ’s current VP, Sales and Marketing, Troy Patterson, who has successfully led the company’s global sales and marketing efforts for more than three years, will transition to leading ThinkParQ’s global brand and marketing activities. Patterson and Villa will continue to work closely together as a unified go-to-market leadership team.

“I’m excited to join ThinkParQ at such a pivotal time, as HPC and AI become mainstream, and the need for powerful, scalable storage solutions has never been greater,” said Davide Villa, VP, Sales, ThinkParQ. “The company’s technology is uniquely positioned to address today’s most demanding data challenges, and I look forward to working with the team to expand our global reach and deliver value to customers worldwide.”

Prior to joining ThinkParQ, Villa held senior sales leadership roles at Xinnor and Western Digital, where he successfully built and led international sales teams and executed global go-to-market strategies delivering value to customers worldwide.