Jeffrey Giannetti SVP Global Sales, Cleversafe

Cleversafe, Inc. announced Jeffrey Giannetti has joined as SVP of global sales.

He joins from NetApp and brings more than 25 years of experience accelerating revenue growth and building high-performance sales teams.

He will report to John Morris, president and CEO, Cleversafe.

“Cleversafe is replacing legacy storage systems at some of the largest companies in the world because of our ability to dramatically reduce storage costs and complexity,” said Morris. “Jeff’s expertise in leading storage sales teams to rapid growth will enable us to step on the gas to get to even more of the customers who can benefit from our solutions.”

 Giannetti has more than 25 years of experience growing markets and expanding channels. Most recently, he was VP for West Region sales at NetApp and responsible for some of the company’s largest customers and over $1 billion in annual revenue. For nearly 12 years, he helped NetApp grow its business across the US with his sales team enjoying 40% CAGR over the past several years. In addition to holding executive positions at NetApp, he held senior roles at Sun Microsystems, United Messaging, Inc. and Ernst & Young LLP.

Cleversafe’s growth has accelerated in 2013 with new customer engagements around the world and an increasing IP portfolio in support of its Dispersed Storage technology to more than 105 US patents awarded.

Cleversafe closed a $55 million round of equity funding in August, enabling the company to extend its growth, expand into new market segments, and build its talent base across all functional areas.

“What attracted me to Cleversafe is the unique value proposition. We dramatically reduce our customers’ storage costs by up to 90% while maintaining the highest levels of data protection and availability,” said Giannetti. “The opportunity for our solution is limitless. I look forward to leading our sales organization as we grow our footprint in existing markets as well as aggressively expand into new segments.”