“I’m looking forward to advancing our customers’ success together with Vawlt’s dedicated partners”, Shawn Kinnear
We’re excited to share some big news! Shawn Kinnear has joined us as Vawlt’s new Chief Sales Officer (CSO). With this key addition to our leadership team, we’re doubling down on our growth efforts in existing regions while gearing up to expand into the US market.
We’re thrilled to have Shawn on board. He brings extensive experience from his previous roles as the Global Vice President of Sales at Avesha and Diamanti, where he led high-performing sales teams and created strategic initiatives for multi-cloud, edge, and enterprise environments. Also in the data storage space, he drove sales in companies like Dell EMC, Micron and XIO Storage. Shawn’s expertise in driving revenue growth, fostering customer success, and advancing cloud and data storage technologies adoption is invaluable.
Since our launch in 2020, we’ve focused on giving businesses the power of cloud-scale operational resilience with simplicity and transparency in cloud management. Vawlt’s mission is to redefine long-term, distributed data storage by ensuring security, efficiency, and true operational data sovereignty. From day one, we’ve been at the forefront of Supercloud Storage innovation. Shawn is now with us to help on our mission.
Here’s what Shawn had to say about joining Vawlt:
“I‘m thrilled to be joining the exceptionally talented, inspiring team at Vawlt, a fast-moving startup well and truly off the launch pad. Vawlt has already enjoyed notable customer wins, and our goal is to develop the brand further. Our mission is to prioritize customers’ needs for sovereign, secure, long-term, distributed multi-cloud storage solutions. I’m also looking forward to advancing our customers’ success together with Vawlt’s dedicated partners.”
Our CEO, Ricardo Mendes, expressed his enthusiasm:
“We are excited that Shawn is joining us. With a strong suite of experience in sales at high-profile companies like Dell, Micron, and Diamanti, Shawn is exactly the right person to accelerate our business growth. His vast experience, allied with his passion for supporting customers, will drive high-value opportunities for our partners and for Vawlt.”
We’re looking forward to this new chapter with Shawn on board and all the exciting developments to come. We remain focused on delivering the best in long-term, distributed, and secure data storage solutions for our customers.