Henri Richard Joins Excelero as Board Advisor
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 14, 2020 — Excelero, a disruptor in software-defined block storage for AI/ML/deep learning and GPU computing, announced that longtime enterprise technology executive and strategist Henri Richard has become a board advisor. As AI/ML/deep learning and HPC deployments drive demand for newer software-defined storage solutions using NVMe Flash, Henri will assist Excelero’s executive team in uncovering opportunities to accelerate growth.
“Excelero is addressing one of the most pivotal demands in enterprise technology today – building end-to-end, high-performance storage solutions for AI training and analytics workloads at any scale with maximum ROI,” said Henri Richard. “New workloads require new storage, and Excelero’s groundbreaking approaches to Elastic NVMe have widespread appeal. I look forward to helping Excelero find new opportunities for growth.”
“Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, Excelero concluded Q2 2020 significantly over plan, on a path to 400% growth year over year – with similar percentage growth in the number of new customers,” said Lior Gal, CEO and co-founder of Excelero. “Our 2020 performance to date speaks volumes about the high regard we’ve earned for Excelero’s NVMesh software, which for many marquee customers is the only answer to their demand for performance, agility and scalability. Henri’s over 40 years of global expertise in enterprise computing hardware, software and solutions already have made him immensely valuable in refining our strategic vision for the NVMesh software solution set. We look forward to expanding further and faster with Henri on our team.”
About Excelero
Excelero is the market leader in distributed block storage software. Founded in 2014 by a team of storage veterans, the company delivers Elastic NVMe software that enables partners to build end-to-end, high-performance storage solutions for AI training and analytics workloads at any scale. With its partners, Excelero enables customers to massively improve ROI across the entire datacenter, using standard servers, maximizing component utilization (NVMe, GPU), minimizing overhead and reducing software license costs.
Source: Excelero
