Eric Pike VP Business Development, ScaleFlux

ScaleFlux, Inc. hired Eric Pike as VP of business development, along with a full team of go-to-market talent to usher the company into its next phase of growth.

With corporate momentum, industry recognition, and fresh rounds of funding, ScaleFlux has ambitious plans in 2022 and beyond to scale operations, launch new products, and expand into new markets.

Computational storage is aimed at alleviating the compute and networking bottlenecks that plague a range of teams-from IT infrastructure, DevOps, and systems architects to procurement. They share a common obstacle as they fight to scale their infrastructure to handle the growing mass of data generated in today’s information economy. The company is squarely focused on delivering products and solutions to help these teams overcome the scaling challenges.

Last year, ScaleFlux achieved leaps in product innovation, proving to the market that it fulfills the promise of computational storage. At the 2021 OCP Global Summit, it announced its third gen of Computational Storage Drives (CSD) along with the transition to its own custom ASIC: the SFX 3000. Through a range of new solutions and partnerships, it reduces the complexity of adopting computational storage while improving storage efficiency in the ever-tightening power, space, and cost constraints of data center operation.

To bring this innovation into the hands of customers, it continues expanding its of go-to-market talent, including:
• Eric Pike, VP of business development: he will focus on growing his company by building relationships extending from key suppliers to the OEM and hyperscale customers. He brings experience with enterprise SSDs and understanding of the needs of these industry giants, built up over 20+ years of technical and business development leadership roles with Intel, Numonyx, FusionIO, and Western Digital.
• Pete Kapusta, senior director of sales engineering: For more than 20 years, he has built and led customer-facing technical teams at technology companies including Dell EMC, Commvault, Fusion-io (acquired by SanDisk, a Western Digital brand), and Veeam.
• Marissa Strunk, director of channel sales: She is a seasoned IT channel executive bringing more than 20 years of channel-development expertise, designing and executing multiple channel programs throughout her career.
• Jeff Thomas, senior director of technical sales engineering: He is a 25-year veteran in the storage industry with experience at EMC, ScaleIO, and Rubrik. His teams are instrumental in automating and managing large-scale deployments for web scale and enterprise customers as well as service providers.
• Brendan Wolfe, senior director of marketing: With a background in product management and product marketing, he has a history of helping storage and data management companies develop their go-to-market capabilities.

“As Computational Storage continues to develop as a market, one of our biggest priorities is conveying its real-life benefits to potential customers and the industry as a whole,” said Hao Zhong, co-founder and CEO. “Eric and the entire go-to-market team are key in bringing this vision to life, and we are excited to welcome their experience and knowledge to help usher ScaleFlux into its next stage of growth.“