VAST Data, the AI data platform company, today named Rick Scurfield as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). This strategic hire marks a significant step in the company’s mission to bring to market the only data platform built for the AI era. In this new role, Scurfield is poised to help VAST enable organizations around the world to make their data more meaningful, unlocking radical intelligence and utility.
This appointment comes at a time when VAST Data is experiencing rapid growth, thanks to its unique approach to helping organizations process large quantities of structured and unstructured data. The VAST Data Platform unifies storage, database, and containerized compute engine services into a single, scalable software platform architected from the ground up to power AI and accelerated computing tools in modern data centers and clouds. The platform uniquely enables organizations to understand all data, both structured and unstructured as it exists in the natural world, to generate superior insights and unlock new value.
“VAST Data’s mission extends beyond ambition; it’s a pledge to innovate and remove the obstacles that limit progress within AI infrastructure – by rethinking it entirely,” said Scurfield. “It’s thrilling to join VAST at such a pivotal moment in technology history. As we scale, I look forward to working with the team to drive continued, record-breaking growth and bring the VAST Data Platform to AI-ready organizations worldwide in order to actively unlock the full potential of their data.”
