Qumulo Strengthens Leadership Team with Board of Directors Expansion
SEATTLE, June 11, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qumulo, Inc., the leader in enterprise-wide unstructured data management, today announced continued record growth and the addition of two new board members, Kelly Battles, a seasoned technology CFO and board member, and Bob Gleichauf, a technology leader with deep experience in enterprise IT infrastructure and cybersecurity.
Qumulo is adding these two experienced Board members at a time when the company has seen record revenue and profits, and a rapidly growing customer base. Since it launched Cloud Native Qumulo on Azure and AWS in October 2024, Qumulo has seen an over 400 percent year-over-year growth in cloud data storage alone. And, with a rapidly growing base of over 1100 diverse customers worldwide, across a variety of key industry verticals including Media and Entertainment, Energy Exploration and Delivery, Gaming and Sports, Automotive and Autonomous Driving, Semiconductor Development, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Financial Services, Qumulo is delivering record revenue growth as well.
"Qumulo is experiencing rapid growth as our users, partners, and potential customers increasingly turn to AI and hybrid cloud solutions to transform their businesses. These developments require high-speed access to large amounts of data wherever and whenever it is required for business needs. And, for the last three quarters of our previous fiscal year, this demand has led to a record-setting revenue and profit for us," said Qumulo Chief Executive Officer and President Douglas Gourlay. "With Kelly Battles and Bob Gleichauf joining our board of directors, we are welcoming two industry leaders with significant experience in high-growth environments, diligent financial management, and technology that will help us realize our vision."
Kelly Battles is an accomplished board director, CFO, and operations officer with more than thirty years of experience helping scale technology companies from growth stage to a successful public offering. She previously served as CFO at Quora and Bracket Computing, VP of Finance at Ironport (acquired by Cisco), and Director of Strategy and Corporate M&A at HP. She currently serves on the boards of several public and private companies, including Genesys, Arista, and now Qumulo.
Bob Gleichauf is a respected technology leader and innovator with extensive experience in networking, security, and enterprise IT transformation. He has served in a variety of executive technology leadership roles the past 15 years at In-Q-Tel as well as 15 years before that at Cisco, seven of those as VP/CTO of the Security Business Group that expanded into the Wireless Networking group before joining In-Q-Tel. Prior to all that, Gleichauf led Engineering at Wheelgroup, one of the pioneers of Network Intrusion Detection that was acquired by Cisco in 1998 for $124m.
"The rapid expansion of our customer base clearly demonstrates how our scalable, high-performance cloud data platform effectively serves a wide spectrum of user requirements, no matter if their data resides on-premises, in a public cloud, or a hybrid environment," said Qumulo Chief Operating Officer Michelle Palleschi. "Our Run Anywhere software and Cloud Native Qumulo offerings empower our customers with the essential flexibility and choice for true hybrid cloud adoption—across any server, any cloud, and any location. The addition of Kelly and Bob to our board, will undoubtedly help us advance our corporate efforts and continue to deliver on our growth targets."
About Qumulo
Qumulo is the only seven-time Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File and Object Storage and the leading provider of cloud data platforms. With exabytes under management and more than 1,100 production customers, Qumulo empowers organizations to manage, store, curate, and protect their data, unlocking new possibilities and driving innovation across diverse industries. To learn more, visit www.qumulo.com.
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