Hammerspace Names John McKillop to Scale Americas Sales Amid Accelerating AI Infrastructure Demand

Hammerspace, a high-performance data platform for AI anywhere, announced the appointment of John McKillop as Vice President of Americas Sales.

McKillop joins Hammerspace amid accelerating demand for its AI data infrastructure, bringing more than 25 years of experience building high-performance sales organizations, expanding strategic partnerships and driving revenue growth.

As organizations move from AI experimentation to production, Hammerspace is gaining momentum by enabling customers to access and orchestrate data across existing infrastructure, eliminate data silos and maximize GPU investments. McKillop will build on this momentum by expanding enterprise adoption, strengthening the partner ecosystem and scaling sales execution across the Americas.

“We’ve experienced phenomenal growth this year,” said Tony Asaro, CBO, Hammerspace. “We are excited to bring John onto the team to help us increase our momentum in the market.  He has a great  track record of success, scaling sales organizations and building the partnerships needed to turn market leadership into sustained revenue growth.”

McKillop brings extensive enterprise technology leadership experience, including senior executive roles at Quantum as SVP, global sales, and SVP, Americas sales. He led a global organization of more than 300 professionals, overseeing sales strategy, operations and strategic go-to-market initiatives. Most recently, he served as CRO, Openprise, helping enterprises optimize go-to-market operations through data orchestration, automation and AI.

“What attracted me to Hammerspace is the combination of differentiated technology, an exceptional team and the momentum already underway,” said McKillop. “The market opportunity is enormous, and Hammerspace is uniquely positioned to capture it. My focus is on accelerating that growth by scaling our sales organization, expanding our strategic partnerships and helping more customers realize the value of AI anywhere.”