GridGain Appoints Mark Lockareff as President and CEO Amid Strong Company Momentum | PR Newswire [Video]

, /PRNewswire/ — GridGain^®, provider of a leading real-time data storage, processing and analytics platform, today announced the appointment of Mark Lockareff as President and CEO amid continued strong momentum across all areas of the business.

Veteran CEO and venture capital investor, Lockareff has spent the last 25 years growing, leading, and investing in disruptive technology companies in the SaaS, enterprise infrastructure, big data, storage and cloud markets. Over his career, he has served as CEO at multiple companies including Nexenta, Paraccel, Agiliance and Apptera, and has led and supported venture capital investments in Acopia, AmberPoint, AudienceScience, Facebook, Kanisa, Lyten, Model N, ProofPoint, Quigo, Riverbed, and Softricity. He was first introduced to GridGain in 2013 through his relationship with Almaz Capital Partners, an early investor in GridGain.

Lockareff’s appointment punctuates a banner year for GridGain, which saw record sales and unprecedented growth of its GridGain Real-Time Data Platform in 2024. Average annual recurring …