# Avery Pham

> Avery Pham is VAST Data's Chief Business Officer and a veteran technology operator whose career spans engineering, supply chain, product operations and strategic operations. After senior roles at DDN and Pure Storage, Pham joined VAST in 2018 and helped shape the operating model behind its shift from shipping integrated appliances to concentrating on software, partners and large-scale AI infrastructure.

- **Role:** Chief Business Officer at VAST Data
- **Organizations:** VAST Data, Pure Storage, DataDirect Networks, EMC, Cisco, 3Com, Qualcomm, Kyocera Wireless, Philips EMT
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago
- **Known for:** Helped articulate and execute VAST Data's transition away from managing hardware integration and supply-chain operations in-house., Built an operations career spanning manufacturing engineering, supply-chain planning, new-product operations, product operations and business strategy., Joined VAST Data in 2018 and remained part of its leadership through its expansion from enterprise storage into AI data infrastructure.

## Career timeline

- **Career beginnings** — Held engineering, manufacturing, program-management and supply-chain roles at technology companies including 3Com, Qualcomm, Kyocera Wireless, Philips EMT, Cisco and EMC.
- **Before 2018** — Led new-product operations at DataDirect Networks and product operations at Pure Storage.
- **2018** — Joined VAST Data, initially serving in operations leadership.
- **2020** — Appeared on VAST Data's management team as Vice President of Operations as the company announced a $100 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation.
- **2021** — Joined an Avnet podcast discussion about durable relationships in the technology supply chain.
- **2024** — Explained VAST's transition toward a software-only operating model and its hardware-integration partnership with Avnet.
- **2025** — As Vice President of Strategic Operations, commented on integrating advanced SSD technology with VAST's disaggregated Ceres V2 architecture for AI workloads.
- **2026** — Listed as Chief Business Officer at VAST Data as the company closed a Series F financing at a $30 billion valuation.

## Achievements

- Helped articulate and execute VAST Data's transition away from managing hardware integration and supply-chain operations in-house.
- Built an operations career spanning manufacturing engineering, supply-chain planning, new-product operations, product operations and business strategy.
- Joined VAST Data in 2018 and remained part of its leadership through its expansion from enterprise storage into AI data infrastructure.
- Represented VAST in industry collaborations involving Avnet, Dell and Silicon Motion.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — VAST Data closed a Series F financing with approximately $1 billion in primary and secondary capital at a $30 billion valuation; Pham remained part of the company's leadership and was subsequently listed as Chief Business Officer.
- **2025-08** — Pham, then Vice President of Strategic Operations, discussed VAST's use of Silicon Motion's MonTitan SSD technology with the Ceres V2 architecture for high-density AI workloads.

## Links

- Website: https://www.vastdata.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averypham
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/VAST_Data
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vast_data
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/vastdata/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27