Paul Mountford COO, Pure Storage

Pure Storage, Inc. announced that effective immediately Paul Mountford is joining as COO.

He will assume responsibility for WW sales and sales operations; channels and alliances; marketing; and customer experience, which includes global support and professional services.

After 7 years as president of Pure Storage, David Hatfield transitions to vice chair and president Emeritus, serving as a strategic advisor to chairman and CEO, Charles Giancarlo. During his first 7 years at Pure, he led sales, sales ops, channels, alliances, marketing and professional services, helped to grow revenues from $0 to $1 billion+.

“I am extremely proud of the company we have built over the past ten years. I am very excited to welcome Paul to the team, and about my new role to help achieve our ambitious goals for the next decade,” he said.

“Paul’s deep leadership background ensures that he can step in on day one and make an immediate impact across our Gand customer experience organizations,” said Giancarlo. “As we deliver on our modern data experience vision, Paul will play a pivotal role in driving and extending Pure’s market leadership.“

Paul Mountford brings 30+ years of senior sales and technology leadership experience, most recently at Riverbed as CEO and previously the chief sales officer. Prior to that, he was CEO at Sentillian and held senior roles during his tenure at Cisco.

“I have long admired Pure for the company’s impressive journey of growth, as well as the ability to anticipate customer needs and I am thrilled to work alongside this team,” he said.

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