Summary
This podcast features VAST Data’s Jeff Denworth and Randy Hayes detailing their “operating system for AI,” a disaggregated, full-stack platform integrating exabyte-scale NVMe storage, high-performance databases, GPU-optimized compute, and vector search to support AI training, fine-tuning, and agentic workflows, with automated data curation, auditability, and federal zero-trust compliance to prevent data poisoning and enable secure, large-scale analytics.
Speakers
25+ years of experience recruiting, developing, and leading technical teams to drive sales and customer satisfaction. Highly experienced and successful at aligning technical sales with business goals while building partnership and trust with sales leaders and across organizations. Passionate about building both internal and external relationships and engaging with colleagues as a coach and mentor. Career has led to and through many situations that have provided me with the depth and breadth of experience to lead technical sales organizations: CTOs, Solutions Architects, Sales Engineers, Systems Engineers, Account Executives, and other job functions.
Jeff is Co-founder at VAST, with a specialization on product marketing, product management and alliance building. Jeff brings over two decades of experience with advanced computation and massively scalable big data and cloud storage technologies to VAST. Prior to joining VAST, Jeff held management roles at DDN, CTERA Networks, and Cluster File Systems. In five short years, Jeff graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Trenton State College.
Vice President of Public Sector
VAST Data
Mr. Hayes is currently serving VAST Data Federal as the Vice President of Public Sector.
Previously Mr. Hayes was the Federal Sales Director at Avere Systems (acquired by Microsoft), Account Executive at DDN, and Regional Territory Manager at Isilon Systems. He began his career in 2002 at DLT Solutions, slugging it out over the phone in the mission to resell data storage products.
He holds a BA in Information Systems, Business Administration, and Computer Science from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. He is
married with 3 beautiful daughters and resides in Arlington, VA.
