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Real-time data infrastructure company Redpanda is strengthening its leadership team to capitalize on growing enterprise demand for AI-ready data platforms. The company has announced the appointment of Jennifer Lawrence as its new Chief Revenue Officer, bringing over 20 years of enterprise sales leadership experience from companies including Cisco, Expel, and Duo Security. In her new role, Lawrence will oversee all go-to-market strategy, global revenue operations, and customer engagement initiatives to accelerate Redpanda's commercial growth.
Redpanda appoints Jennifer Lawrence as Chief Revenue Officer.
Lawrence brings 20+ years of enterprise sales leadership experience.
She previously served as CRO at Expel and Global VP at Duo Security.
Will drive global revenue strategy and customer engagement.
Appointment comes during rapid growth and product expansion.
Follows Redpanda's $100M Series D funding and Oxla acquisition.
Jennifer Lawrence brings extensive experience in scaling revenue operations at world-class technology companies. Most recently, she served as CRO at Expel, where she grew new customers by over 600%, scaled both commercial and enterprise teams, and expanded operations globally. Prior to Expel, Lawrence was Global VP of Sales at Duo Security, which was acquired by Cisco in 2020. During her tenure, she played a key role in expanding Duo's footprint from $7 million in annual recurring revenue to over $550 million, serving more than 30,000 customers.
The appointment comes during a period of significant momentum for Redpanda, which recently announced the acquisition of distributed SQL engine Oxla and introduced its Agentic Data Plane product line. These developments build on the company's $100 million Series D funding round in March that valued the company at $1 billion, reflecting strong market confidence in Redpanda's real-time data platform for AI and mission-critical applications.
Alex Gallego, founder and CEO of Redpanda, emphasized the strategic importance of this appointment, stating: "Redpanda is entering a transformative phase of growth. As agentic applications move from concept to enterprise reality, the demand for reliable, high-performance streaming infrastructure has never been greater. Jennifer's experience driving revenue growth at world-class companies makes her uniquely suited to guide us through this next chapter. Her leadership will help us reach new markets, deepen customer relationships, and extend our category leadership."
Lawrence recognized the unique position Redpanda holds in the evolving data infrastructure landscape. She commented: "Redpanda sits at the rare intersection of proven product-market fit and an enormous market ripe for transformation. Joining at this pivotal stage presents a unique opportunity to help scale a platform that customers truly love that's powering the next generation of AI and mission-critical systems. The magic of Redpanda lies in its combination of cutting-edge technology, an extraordinary team of brilliant, driven individuals, and a shared determination to win big. It's rare to find a company where customer enthusiasm is matched by internal passion, and I look forward to helping lead Redpanda into its next phase of global impact and growth."
With this strategic leadership addition, Redpanda is positioned to expand its global footprint and deepen relationships with enterprise customers including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, and Vodafone, who rely on the platform to process hundreds of terabytes of data daily.
About Redpanda
Redpanda is pioneering the agentic data plane - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Built on a multi-modal data streaming engine, a broad connectivity suite, and a high-performance federated SQL query engine, all integrated into an agentic-first governance layer, Redpanda empowers agentic applications that reason and act in real-time with speed, autonomy, and precision. Global leaders including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments, Vodafone and 2 of the top 5 banks in the U.S. rely on Redpanda to process hundreds of terabytes of data a day. Backed by premier venture investors Lightspeed, GV and Haystack VC, Redpanda is a diverse, people-first organization with teams distributed around the globe.
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