DDN Appoints Kevin Delane as President and CRO to Grow AI Revenue
The appointment comes as DDN scales operations, citing increased demand for AI systems and continued market momentum.
DDN appointed Kevin Delane as President and Chief Revenue Officer, adding a senior go-to-market leader as it expands its AI infrastructure business amid reports of a potential IPO, referenced in the company’s announcement.
The company said Delane will lead global revenue strategy, go-to-market execution, marketing, and customer success as demand grows for systems that support large-scale AI training, inference, and production deployments.
The appointment follows recent leadership additions, including Guido Torrini as Chief Financial and Operating Officer, as the company scales operations tied to enterprise and government adoption of AI systems.
Delane joins after serving as EVP for platform at Salesforce following its $1.9 billion acquisition of Own Company. He previously held leadership roles at Everpure, formerly Pure Storage, as well as Cohesity and OwnBackup.
DDN says it builds data infrastructure designed to support AI workloads, including systems used in model training and inference environments that rely on large GPU clusters.
AI-related revenue increased by 400% in 2024, according to SDxCentral.
DDN has also raised approximately $300 million from investors including Blackstone at a reported valuation of around $5 billion.
The company works with ecosystem partners including NVIDIA in AI systems that depend on high-speed data access during training and inference workloads.
DDN CEO and Co-founder Alex Bouzari said the company is entering a new phase as AI systems move into production and require scalable deployment and customer success models. He said Delane brings experience in building revenue organizations and executing global go-to-market strategies.
Delane said his focus will be on scaling DDN’s go-to-market operations globally and expanding enterprise adoption as organizations deploy AI systems at scale.