Richard Spurlock, CEO and Founder
Intellectually curious entrepreneur, Richard is recognized as a global expert on data protection and recovery. After spending 15 years designing and delivering the world’s largest data protection applications, Richard harnessed that expertise to build a disruptive, software-defined data protection solution: Compass®. Compass is the industry’s first enterprise-class data protection and analytics software designed to natively run in hybrid and public cloud environments. An experienced speaker and subject matter expert, Richard is a frequent industry spokesman and an avid Formula 1 racing fan with his family.
Rodney Foreman, Chief Revenue Officer
As Cobalt Iron’s Chief Revenue Officer, Rodney is responsible for all aspects of sales and brings more than 20 years of sales leadership, IT and computer industry experience to the organization. Prior to joining Cobalt Iron, Rodney was the Senior Vice President of Global Mid Market Sales and Channels at Nutanix where he was responsible for partner relationships, creating and driving key program initiatives and sales execution within a global network of business partners. Prior to Nutanix, Rodney led a Product Management team at Tivoli Software and then the global channel business at IBM for their Cloud Software business unit, which was the largest component of IBM’s software channel business with over 7,000 partners globally. Rodney has also held key positions at Compaq Computer and Dell Computer. Rodney holds a BS in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Robert Marett, Chief Technology Officer
Robert is a 20-year veteran of the storage and data protection industries. Robert spent the past decades leading specialized SWAT teams solving complex, critical technology challenges for enterprise product vendors such as IBM, EMC, and Hewlett Packard. He has been responsible for designing and delivering solutions to Fortune 1000 customers, including Coca Cola, IBM, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Commerce Bank, Mayo Clinic, US Federal Reserve, Sprint Corporation, Union Pacific, and Whirlpool. He architected a diverse set of storage management, backup, and disaster recovery solutions for these companies internationally, and is recognized as a key technical leader in the enterprise data protection space. Rob holds two US patents in the data protection space.
