About Us

Sonal Puri

CEO

Sonal serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company. Prior to Webscale, she was the Chief Marketing Officer at Aryaka Networks and led sales, marketing and alliances for the pioneer in SaaS for global enterprise networks.

Sonal has more than 20 years of experience with internet infrastructure, across four startups, in sales, marketing, corporate and business development and channels. Previously, Sonal headed corporate strategy for the Application Acceleration business unit, and the Western US Corporate Development team at Akamai, working on partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. Sonal also ran global business operations and alliances, as well as the acquisition for Speedera (AKAM). She has held additional key management roles in sales, marketing and IT at Inktomi, CAS and Euclid.

Sonal holds a Master’s degree in Building Science from the University of Southern California, and an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Mumbai, India.
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Jay Smith

Founder and CTO

Jay founded Webscale in 2012 and currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of the company. An IBM Master Inventor, Jay has over 20 patents for which he has won numerous awards. He has also co-authored over 30 peer reviewed articles in the area of parallel and distributed computing systems.

Jay left IBM to focus on High Performance Computing at DigitalGlobe, where he pioneered the application of GPGPU processing within the company.

Jay received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Colorado State University in 2008.
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Michael Hutchinson

CFO

Michael is Webscale’s CFO and brings over 25 years of experience in IPO, mergers and acquisitions, venture and debt financing, strategic alliances, strategic and financial planning, operations and administration, and governance and compliance. His career has seen him lead financial operations across both venture-backed startups and publicly-traded companies, in multiple technology sectors including software, cloud/SaaS, and hardware.

Starting his career in 1991 with the Financial Advisory Services Group at PwC, Michael’s stints include as CFO at FogHorn, an edge intelligence software provider, CFO of GainSpan Corp., a semiconductor company, and Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for Vocera Communications, Inc.

Michael holds an MBA degree from The Anderson School at UCLA and BS degrees in Accounting and Construction Engineering Management from Oregon State University.

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Michael Guglielmi

VP Sales and Business Development

Michael is Vice President of Sales and Business Development, with responsibility for managing Webscale’s global sales, channel strategy, business development initiatives, and strategic alliances.

Michael has over 20 years of internet infrastructure and security experience in executive level roles driving revenue growth, implementing go-to-market strategies, and improving operations for both public and private companies. Prior to Webscale, Michael held leadership positions in SaaS businesses at Qualys, VeriSign, Teneros, and Neustar where he delivered high caliber multi-tiered distribution partnerships both in domestic and international markets. Previously, he led business and corporate development at UltraDNS Corporation which was acquired by Neustar in 2006.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a concentration in Management Information Systems from Boston College.
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Mike Haller

VP Engineering

Mike created his first software product thirty years ago. Since then has assumed a variety of leadership roles at IBM, Ricoh and Fintech across software engineering, product development, professional services, and corporate IT. He is passionate about creating simple software that always works, and leading agile teams to do the same.

Mike received his BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Nebraska and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Colorado.
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Andrew Humber

VP Marketing and Sales Operations

Andrew is Vice President of Marketing at Webscale, where he is responsible for all outbound marketing activities and initiatives, including digital and content marketing, communications, product marketing, demand generation, events and sales and marketing operations.

Andrew has 20 years’ experience in technology marketing in roles at global technology corporations and start-ups, including NVIDIA, where he was a key member of the marketing team, driving programs for its diverse range of products across Europe and the US. With a passion for positioning, Andrew has helped many companies convert technology jargon into succinct market-ready messaging, while creating memorable brands that resonate with target audiences.
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Sophie Maler

VP Product

At Webscale, Sophie is responsible for product direction and technology roadmap execution. She brings 26 years in technical and business roles, including engineering, product management, and product marketing. Focusing on secure infrastructure for enterprise and consumer applications, Sophie built and launched many widely adopted products for several successful startups, as well as global companies like Oracle, Amazon, and AWS. The work she had done earlier in her career laid the foundation for all risk-based zero-trust implementations underpinning modern access control models.

With her passion for great customer experiences, Sophie has helped many companies make a quantum leap from feature-based to value-based mindset by prioritizing long-term outcomes for customers over competitive noise while building products that stood the test of time.

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Nithyanand Mehta

VP Support and GM India

Nith is Vice President of Support, and General Manager of Webscale India. He is responsible for our award-winning, global 24x7x365 customer support team, as well as overall management of our India office.

Before Webscale, Nith spent over six years at end-user experience monitoring provider Catchpoint, where he helped build their India operations from the ground up. He has also held senior roles at Keynote Systems, Yahoo, and Dell where he has led and nurtured 24×7 support and pre/post-sales teams.
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