Scality has appointed Tom Leyden as Vice President of Product Marketing. Leyden brings over two decades of experience in SAAS, storage, backup, and AI. His background includes leadership roles at Amplidata (acquired by HGST, a Western Digital company), DDN, Excelero (acquired by NVIDIA), and Kasten by Veeam.
Over the course of his career, Leyden has led global marketing initiatives across the full spectrum of storage technologies, from early innovation in object storage and scale-out NVMe to Kubernetes-native backup and, more recently, Agentic AI. Beyond deep domain expertise, he brings a proven track record of building high-performing marketing teams, defining go-to-market strategies, and driving growth in enterprise sales leveraging partner ecosystems. Joining Scality comes at a pivotal time as the company accelerates its go-to-market efforts around enterprise hybrid cloud data and AI needs.
In his role, Leyden will lead global product marketing for Scality RING and ARTESCA, as the company enters its next phase of growth supporting AI workloads and cyber-resilient storage. He will also drive marketing execution into the large enterprise segment, including Global 2000 companies and public cloud service providers. Leyden will work closely with strategic alliances and ISV partners such as Weka, Commvault, and Veeam to support joint go-to-market success.
“Tom’s deep storage expertise and strategic marketing leadership makes him an ideal fit for Scality’s next chapter,” said Paul Speciale, CMO of Scality. “His understanding of enterprise data challenges, AI-driven infrastructure demands, and the evolving backup landscape will be instrumental as we scale our reach across cloud, cyber-resilience, and AI markets.”
