Jason S.

About Jason S.

With 3 decades of dynamic experience as a business executive, I have forged a distinguished career in senior-level sales management, marketing, and business development. My journey has taken me through the realms of Venture-Backed Startups to Fortune 500 technology giants, specializing in cloud data infrastructure products, services, and solutions.Key Strengths:Strategic Leadership: I excel in leading high-performing teams, particularly in emerging competitive growth markets.Sales Mastery: As a master of sales processes, sales operations, and solution selling, I have consistently driven success in both direct and indirect sales channels.Global Relationships: My expertise extends to cultivating C-level relationships across diverse sectors, including Cloud, OEM/ODM, Neocloud/AI, High Performance Computing, FinTech, Enterprise, Defense, Channels and Strategic Partnerships.Professional Highlights:Led the Business Development function for global business units for Fortune 500 technology companies.Spearheaded strategic partnerships and initiatives, contributing to the success of cloud data infrastructure products.Current Role:Currently leading Sales and Business Development for the Platforms Global Business Unit within Western Digital Corp. I am passionate about driving innovation and growth in the ever-evolving landscape of cloud and data center storage technologies. Let\'s connect and explore opportunities to collaborate on cutting-edge solutions and growth initiatives.

Experience

1. Sr Director of Ww Sales and Business Development, Intelligent Platforms

   WD

   Nov 2019 — Present · Colorado Springs, CO, US

   As the Worldwide Sales and Business Development Leader for Western Digital’s Platforms Global Business Unit, I drive global growth and ecosystem expansion for our intelligent storage platform strategy.Our strategic evolution moves beyond pure disaggregation. We are building intelligent, hardware-abstracted data platforms that accelerate adoption of next-generation HDD and Flash technologies across the AI data lifecycle—from ingest and training to inference and long-term preservation.By abstracting media innovation from infrastructure complexity, we enable NeoCloud providers, HPC environments, hyperscalers, and OEM/ODM partners to deploy scalable, high-performance storage architectures optimized for AI and accelerated compute workloads.My team leads global design-win execution and ecosystem development across key growth segments—including NeoCloud, High-Performance Computing, Cloud, and emerging AI-native service providers—advancing Ethernet-based fabric architectures and next-generation Fabric-Attached Storage platforms.Through strategic partnerships, reference architectures, and platform-level innovation, we are redefining how AI infrastructure consumes HDD and Flash—transforming storage from a hardware decision into an intelligent, lifecycle-optimized platform capability.

Education

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  Business Administration

Skills

• Channel Partners
• Solution Selling
• Storage
• Storage Virtualization
• Cloud Computing
• Virtualization
• Channel
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Storage
• Saas
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Vdi
• Account Management
• Servers
• Sales
• Demand Generation
• Selling
• Storage Area Networks
• Hp
• San
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Partnerships
• Storage Solutions
• Pre-Sales
• Business Alliances
• Netapp
• Leadership
• Data Center
• Partner Management
• Hardware
• Start-Ups
• Disaster Recovery
• Direct Sales
• Sales Enablement
• Managed Services
• Nas
• Professional Services
• Software Industry
• Sales Process
• Strategic Alliances