SAN MATEO, CA – November 7, 2022 - Alluxio, the developer of the open source data orchestration platform for data driven workloads such as large-scale analytics and AI/ML, today announced the appointment of Craig Nelson as Senior Vice President of Global Sales; along with the company’s first dedicated SVP, Business Development and Marketing role led by John Mracek, who formerly also headed sales. The strengthening of Alluxio’s go-to-market team is the direct result of rapid demand for its Data Orchestration Platform that enables enterprises to scale analytics workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
“We have a tremendous opportunity to accelerate our company growth through both direct customer engagements and strategic partnerships around the globe, and we’re excited to have Craig and John both on our leadership team bolstering go-to-market activity,” said Haoyuan Li, Founder and CEO, Alluxio.“Craig has extensive experience and an impressive track record building high performing sales organizations and John has done an excellent job leading both our combined sales and marketing. He will now focus on further developing invaluable relationships with key partners serving data intensive companies worldwide.”
Craig comes to Alluxio with more than 20 years in executive management positions in software and technology companies around the globe with expat posts in France, Taiwan and Japan. Previously, Craig was CRO for FirstWave, a leader in network monitoring and cybersecurity solutions HQ in Sydney, Australia. He was the CEO of Opmantek Software, an open source software company which was acquired by FirstWave in Jan 2022. Craig joined Opmantek Software from Ixia, which was acquired by Keysight Systems in 2017 for $1.6B. At Ixia, Craig ran a global sales organization with an annual revenue run rate of $135M+ as the VP of Worldwide Enterprise Sales.
“I join Alluxio at a time of great global achievement where businesses have come to recognize the need for better ways to access data in large-scale analytics and AI/ML applications, resulting in top tier customers from the Fortune 5 to 500; a passionate and committed open source community; and best in class venture backers,” said Craig Nelson, SVP of Global Sales, Alluxio. “I look forward to working with the team to build on all of their existing success.”
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About Alluxio
Alluxio is a leading provider of accelerated data access platforms for AI workloads. Alluxio’s distributed caching layer accelerates AI and data-intensive workloads by enabling high-speed data access across diverse storage systems. By creating a global namespace, Alluxio unifies data from multiple sources—on-premises and in the cloud—into a single, logical view, eliminating the need for data duplication or complex data movement.
Designed for scalability and performance, Alluxio brings data closer to compute frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Spark, significantly reducing I/O bottlenecks and latency. Its intelligent caching, data locality optimization, and seamless integration with modern data platforms make it a powerful solution for teams building and scaling AI pipelines across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Backed by leading investors, Alluxio powers technology, internet, financial services, and telecom companies, including 9 out of the top 10 internet companies globally. To learn more, visit www.alluxio.io.
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