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DDN, the global leader in AI data intelligence platforms, has appointed Kevin Delane as President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Delane will lead global revenue strategy, go-to-market execution, marketing, and customer success as DDN enters its next phase of hypergrowth.
The appointment comes at a pivotal time for DDN as enterprises and sovereign nations rapidly operationalize AI. Demand is increasing for production-grade data infrastructure capable of supporting large-scale training, inference, and AI factory deployments.
“DDN is entering a defining chapter,” said Alex Bouzari, CEO and Co-founder of DDN. “As AI moves into full-scale production globally, the companies that win will be those that can translate technical leadership into repeatable customer success at scale. Kevin brings the operational discipline and go-to-market expertise to help us do exactly that—accelerating our global expansion while deepening our leadership in AI infrastructure.”
Delane brings more than three decades of experience building and scaling enterprise technology companies across storage, data infrastructure, and cloud markets. He previously held senior leadership roles at Pure Storage (formerly EverPure), where he helped scale the company beyond $2 billion in revenue. He also led global go-to-market strategy at Cohesity and OwnBackup (now part of Salesforce), focusing on sales, marketing, partnerships, and customer success.
“DDN has established itself as the data backbone for the AI era,” said Delane. “What’s happening in the market right now is a once-in-a-generation platform shift, from compute-led innovation to data-centric AI infrastructure. My focus is to scale DDN’s go-to-market engine globally and ensure more organizations can leverage its unmatched performance to move AI into production faster and more efficiently.”
Delane will focus on expanding enterprise adoption, strengthening strategic partnerships, and accelerating customer success across key global markets. His proven track record includes building high-performance revenue organizations and implementing repeatable go-to-market models that drive durable, long-term growth.
This appointment follows the recent addition of Guido Torrini as Chief Financial and Operating Officer, further strengthening DDN’s executive team as the company scales operations, financial rigor, and global reach.
About DDN
DDN is the world’s leading AI and data intelligence company, powering the world’s most demanding AI workloads by keeping GPUs fed, efficient, and productive—at massive scale—so organizations can train, checkpoint, and infer faster with less footprint and power while achieving tremendous ROI from their AI investments. From hyperscalers and next-gen cloud builders to enterprises, governments, and research institutions, DDN delivers proven data intelligence at exabyte scale across hundreds of thousands of GPUs—so customers can deploy AI with confidence, accelerate time-to-value, and realize outsized returns.
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