Leadership
With decades of technical and business experience, Qumulo’s leadership team is focused on building a company the world trusts to manage and store its data.
"Qumulo is on a mission to liberate customers from antiquated file storage systems sold by vendors stuck in the past. Everyday, we help our customers scale, save time and money and get to the cloud. We’re in the customer delight business. As simple as that sounds, we didn’t come up with the concept. We just listened to what customers wanted."
Bill Richter is President & CEO of Qumulo, where he brings over 20 years of leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Bill was a Venture Partner at Madrona, where he invested in and advised emerging businesses across multiple categories. Before joining Madrona, Bill was President of the Isilon Storage Division of EMC, where he grew the business to $1.5 billion in annual revenue in 2014. After Isilon, Bill served as COO of EMC’s $4 billion Midrange Storage business. Bill holds a BA in Business Administration from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Bill Richter
President & CEO
Bill Richter
Chief Executive Officer
"Qumulo is on a mission to liberate customers from antiquated file storage systems sold by vendors stuck in the past. Everyday, we help our customers scale, save time and money and get to the cloud. We’re in the customer delight business. As simple as that sounds, we didn’t come up with the concept. We just listened to what customers wanted."
Bill Richter is President & CEO of Qumulo, where he brings over 20 years of leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Bill was a Venture Partner at Madrona, where he invested in and advised emerging businesses across multiple categories. Before joining Madrona, Bill was President of the Isilon Storage Division of EMC, where he grew the business to $1.5 billion in annual revenue in 2014. After Isilon, Bill served as COO of EMC’s $4 billion Midrange Storage business. Bill holds a BA in Business Administration from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Bill Richter
President & CEO
"Every aspect of our business works to increase value we deliver to our customers. We constantly look for ways to help our customers maximize the efficiency and lower the TCO of their storage system through more efficient capacity utilization, faster performance and greater ease of use."
Matt Frey brings more than 20 years of experience leading and advising venture-backed and public technology companies, as well as extensive experience negotiating with, selling to and supporting software and hardware based solutions at some of the world’s largest corporations. Prior to Qumulo, Matt was CEO of Optimum Energy and president and COO of World Wide Packets. He was also a board member at Vitesse Semiconductor. Matt holds a B.S. in Commerce & Accounting from Santa Clara University.
Matt Frey
Chief Financial Officer
Matt Frey
Chief Financial Officer
"Every aspect of our business works to increase value we deliver to our customers. We constantly look for ways to help our customers maximize the efficiency and lower the TCO of their storage system through more efficient capacity utilization, faster performance and greater ease of use."
Matt Frey brings more than 20 years of experience leading and advising venture-backed and public technology companies, as well as extensive experience negotiating with, selling to and supporting software and hardware based solutions at some of the world’s largest corporations. Prior to Qumulo, Matt was CEO of Optimum Energy and president and COO of World Wide Packets. He was also a board member at Vitesse Semiconductor. Matt holds a B.S. in Commerce & Accounting from Santa Clara University.
Matt Frey
Chief Financial Officer
“The strategic success of Qumulo customers and partners guides every decision we make. The power of the Qumulo platform rests in our ability to constantly grow our industry leadership in innovation and customer support.”
Eric Brodersen is Chief Customer Officer at Qumulo and brings more than 25 years of leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Brodersen served as COO and President of Impinj, leading the launch of the company’s industry-first Internet of Things (IoT) platform, expanding company operations and revenue, guiding its IPO in 2016, and establishing category leadership in item-level connectivity for the IoT. Brodersen also served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for the Isilon Storage Division of EMC from 2010 to 2013. He holds a B.A. in Government from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Eric Brodersen
Chief Customer Officer
Eric Brodersen
President & Chief Customer Officer
“The strategic success of Qumulo customers and partners guides every decision we make. The power of the Qumulo platform rests in our ability to constantly grow our industry leadership in innovation and customer support.”
Eric Brodersen is Chief Customer Officer at Qumulo and brings more than 25 years of leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Brodersen served as COO and President of Impinj, leading the launch of the company’s industry-first Internet of Things (IoT) platform, expanding company operations and revenue, guiding its IPO in 2016, and establishing category leadership in item-level connectivity for the IoT. Brodersen also served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for the Isilon Storage Division of EMC from 2010 to 2013. He holds a B.A. in Government from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Eric Brodersen
Chief Customer Officer
“Qumulo has upended the data landscape with a breakthrough approach to managing unstructured data at scale. Qumulo has the only truly software defined, multi-cloud enterprise proven solution for large scale unstructured data storage and management, and I’m excited to play a role in its next phase of technical innovation.”
Kiran Bhageshpur is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Qumulo, where he brings over 30 years of technology and leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Kiran was the founder and CEO of Igneous whose unstructured data management solution was deployed at various Fortune 500 companies. Previously, Kiran was an engineering leader at Isilon Systems and the VP of Engineering at the Isilon Storage Division of EMC. Kiran holds a MS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas.
Kiran Bhageshpur
Chief Technology Officer
Kiran Bhageshpur
Chief Technology Officer
“Qumulo has upended the data landscape with a breakthrough approach to managing unstructured data at scale. Qumulo has the only truly software defined, multi-cloud enterprise proven solution for large scale unstructured data storage and management, and I’m excited to play a role in its next phase of technical innovation.”
Kiran Bhageshpur is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Qumulo, where he brings over 30 years of technology and leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Kiran was the founder and CEO of Igneous whose unstructured data management solution was deployed at various Fortune 500 companies. Previously, Kiran was an engineering leader at Isilon Systems and the VP of Engineering at the Isilon Storage Division of EMC. Kiran holds a MS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas.
Kiran Bhageshpur
Chief Technology Officer
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