Nimble Storage names Denis Murphy Vice President of Worldwide Sales

“Denis brings deep expertise on scaling world-class sales organisations in hyper-growth companies, a track record of driving growth through rapid customer acquisition, and strong channel relationships. His experience is ideally suited to lead our continuing push into the enterprise and cloud service provider segments of the market,” said Suresh Vasudevan, CEO, Nimble Storage. “By adding Denis to our already seasoned sales leadership team, we are assured that we have the right team in place as we execute on our vision to emerge as the industry leader in flash storage solutions.”

Prior to joining Nimble, Murphy, 50, served in executive sales leadership roles at Nicira, Inc. and Riverbed Technology. While at Riverbed, Murphy served as senior vice president of sales for the Americas region, where he designed, developed and executed Riverbed’s sales model and built a high-performance sales leadership team focused on execution and customer satisfaction. Over his eight year tenure he played a pivotal role in growing Riverbed’s revenue base from $0 to $800 million. Prior to Riverbed, Murphy served in sales and channel management roles at BlueArc Corporation, EMC and Mercury Interactive.

“I’ve always been attracted to high growth companies that bring disruptive innovation to bear in addressing customer’s most challenging IT problems. By acquiring and supporting over 5,000 customers in less than five years, Nimble has demonstrated it has the chops to become a market leader in flash storage solutions,” said Murphy. “I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and leverage my past experience to drive global sales engagement and accelerate growth.”