On January 13, 2026, Nasuni, a prominent player in unstructured data management, announced significant executive appointments aimed at bolstering its growth and innovation strategies. Jerry Carter has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), while Ross Grainger will serve as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This strategic move reflects Nasuni's commitment to enhancing customer success, operational excellence, and sustainable global expansion.
The executive leadership change is crucial as the data landscape rapidly evolves, creating new opportunities, particularly for businesses looking to unlock the value of unstructured data for artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. Sam King, the CEO of Nasuni, emphasized the need for this leadership expansion to better support the changing data requirements of their clientele through bold innovations and unwavering excellence. He noted, "Both Jerry and Ross bring exceptional leadership experience and deep industry expertise that will empower our customers to achieve their data and AI objectives with greater confidence and speed. As we continue to scale and innovate, their fresh perspectives will be pivotal in driving our technology strategy and delivering even more value to our customers."
Jerry Carter: A Visionary Leader in Technology
Jerry Carter joins Nasuni with an impressive track record of success in transforming enterprise software. His career began in open-source development and system architecture, providing him with a foundation for technical precision and community-driven innovation. Previously, Carter held roles at VA Linux and Hewlett-Packard, gaining insights that shaped his leadership style. At Likewise Software, he ascended from an engineering position to CTO, leading significant product transitions and positioning the company for a successful acquisition by EMC.
During his 13 years at Dell Technologies, Carter oversaw the development of key product lines, executed a comprehensive agile transformation, and accelerated release cycles, all while enhancing product quality. His extensive experience in building powerful, scalable data management systems and leveraging AI to enhance product intelligence and technical efficiency will be invaluable at Nasuni. As CTO, Carter is set to implement an innovation-driven leadership approach, focusing on building strong teams, advancing the company's technological vision, and scaling platforms to meet today's data and AI challenges.
Ross Grainger: A Financial Strategist
Similarly, Ross Grainger brings a wealth of experience as a seasoned financial executive, particularly recognized for his efforts in expanding B2B SaaS companies on a global scale. His foundation in public accounting at RSM has been pivotal to his financial acumen. At WebPT, Grainger established the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, reducing controllable churn through improved leading analytics and guiding the company through several acquisitions.
Most recently, he served as CFO at Paradox, substantially increasing the company's revenue over six years while also expanding the global team, executing five acquisitions, and culminating in the successful sale of the company to Workday. At Nasuni, Grainger will act as a strategic partner to the leadership team, ensuring that capital is invested in promising growth opportunities to scale the platform and support clients' AI and data intelligence strategies.
The Value of Unstructured Data
Companies increasingly recognize the immense value that unstructured data offers for their AI initiatives. Nasuni's expanded leadership team is uniquely positioned to help businesses realize cost savings, protect data, enhance performance, and prepare for large-scale AI deployment.
To learn more about Nasuni and its transformative platform for managing unstructured data, please visit
www.nasuni.com.
About Nasuni
Nasuni delivers a next-generation software-defined NAS and UDM platform that unifies the storage, protection, and management of unstructured enterprise data across major cloud providers. Built on the patented global file system UniFS®, this unique architecture combines cloud object storage with enterprise file services, enabling limitless scalability, ransomware resilience, global collaboration, and AI readiness.
Nasuni meets customers wherever they are in their journey, whether modernizing local storage or optimizing multi-cloud environments to cut costs and mitigate risks. The Nasuni platform enhances business outcomes while improving data management, discovery, and orchestration to prepare unstructured data for AI solutions.
Trusted by enterprises globally in over 70 countries, Nasuni has achieved a customer satisfaction rate of 98%. The company has received numerous accolades for its commitment to industry leadership, strategic cost optimization, customer success, and innovation. More information can be found on their website:
www.nasuni.com.