David joined Pure Storage in October 2018 as the Rapid Restore Solutions Manager. and is responsible for the Rapid Restore solutions roadmap, working with our Data Protection partners (Veritas, Veeam, CommVault & Rubrik) and making sure the Pure sales field have all the tools and enablement they need to be successful. Previously, David spent a year at Amazon Web Services building a competitive team to work directly with Amazon's sellers and customers. Before that David spent 17 years at Veritas Technologies in a number of roles - SE, SE Manager and later was responsible for building a Competitive Intelligence team. He left Veritas as the Director of Competitive and Market Intelligence in 2017. David is an exiled Brit enjoying the frozen tundra of Minnesota. David and his family emigrated in 2011 and are thoroughly enjoying the Mid-Western way of life. David has become a die-hard Vikings supporter as well as frustrated Nottingham Forest Fan and a mostly happy English cricket fan. He does not like the Green Bay Packers and Derby County.