ExaGrid has appointed Jon Rahmani as Associate Vice President of Sales, adding a senior commercial leader with a demonstrated record of building and scaling high-performance sales organizations at some of the most recognizable names in enterprise technology.
The appointment reflects ExaGrid's continued investment in its go-to-market capabilities as the company expands its footprint across the backup storage and cyber resilience market. Rahmani brings to the role a career defined by revenue growth, organizational transformation, and a consistent ability to perform in high-pressure, high-stakes environments.
A Career Built on Growth-Stage Excellence
Rahmani's most recent position was Go-To-Market Executive at Spectro Cloud, a Series C Silicon Valley startup backed by Goldman Sachs and Stripes, where he led commercial development across New York and Canada. Operating at the intersection of enterprise sales and early-stage company building, he brought structure and momentum to a business in active growth mode.
Before Spectro Cloud, Rahmani served as Director of Sales at Verkada, a Sequoia-backed Series D cloud-based physical security company, covering markets across San Mateo, New York, and Toronto over nearly two and a half years. Verkada's trajectory during that period placed significant demands on its commercial leadership, and Rahmani's role in managing and growing a multi-market sales operation gave him direct exposure to the speed and discipline required to scale at that level.
His time at Cloudera stands as one of the more telling chapters of his career. Joining as Country Manager and General Manager for Canada, Rahmani recruited, hired, and scaled the Canadian Enterprise Sales team, increasing headcount by 325% in under 12 months. That figure is not a rounding error; it reflects a leader who understood urgency, moved with purpose, and delivered results in a compressed timeframe. He subsequently advanced to Vice President of Sales at Cloudera, extending his remit across Palo Alto, New York, and Toronto.
Depth Beyond the Sales Seat
What distinguishes Rahmani's profile is not only the scale of the organizations he has led, but the complexity of the environments he has operated in. His career includes pre-IPO experience, seed and Series A through D growth stages, two successful acquisitions, and a VC equity transaction. These are not theoretical credentials. They represent direct experience with the organizational pressures, stakeholder dynamics, and commercial imperatives that come with each stage of company growth.
As an operating partner at the executive level, Rahmani has developed a reputation for translating strategic objectives into actionable commercial plans, identifying and developing elite sales talent, and building cultures centered on customer centricity, ownership, and accountability. His approach to sales leadership goes beyond quota attainment. It is about building organizations that perform consistently, develop their people, and sustain momentum beyond any single quarter.
A Strong Match for ExaGrid's Trajectory
ExaGrid is a company in a meaningful phase of its development. Awarded the 2025 Data Backup Solution of the Year by Data Breakthrough, the company has continued to invest aggressively in its platform, including the release of an AI-powered Retention Time-Lock feature as part of its Version 7.4.0 update. ExaGrid's tiered backup storage approach, built around a non-network-facing repository tier, delayed deletes, and immutable objects, addresses one of the most pressing concerns in enterprise IT: the ability to recover from ransomware with confidence and speed.
The company has recorded more than 30 new logo wins and 20 successful customer go-lives in 2025 alone, and its $50 million investment in AI and R&D signals a leadership team committed to long-term product and market leadership. Against this backdrop, adding a sales leader of Rahmani's caliber to the team carries clear strategic weight.
His experience scaling commercial teams at growth-stage companies, managing multi-market territories, and operating as a trusted partner to executive leadership makes him well suited for the demands of this role. ExaGrid is not looking for incremental sales management. It is building toward a larger share of a market where the stakes for enterprise customers are real and growing, and Rahmani's profile matches the ambition.
Looking Ahead
For organizations across North America evaluating backup storage and cyber resilience solutions, ExaGrid represents a proven and increasingly sophisticated option. The combination of its differentiated technology, its investment in product development, and the commercial leadership Rahmani brings to the Americas sales organization positions the company well for the period ahead.
Congratulations to Jon Rahmani on this appointment, and to the ExaGrid team on a strong addition to its leadership.