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DAVID GRIFFITHS – TINTRI
David Griffiths leads Tintri’s EMEA region. Currently, he is driving the adoption of enterprise cloud storage
solutions for virtualised applications and workloads by leveraging his wide experience in the cloud,
service and systems management and PPM domains.
A British citizen who resides in Lausanne, Switzerland, David has held a series of sales leadership
positions in Servicenow, CA Technologies, Mercury Interactive and BMC Remedy. He holds an MBA from
Cranfield School of Management and a BSc in Agricultural Zoology from Leeds University.
Does your college/university
education have any specific
relevance to the career you
have now?
I studied Zoology at university.
Probably not the most obvious
degree for someone that has
gone on to spend his entire
career working in the fast paced
cloud technology space. But this
education helped me to develop
my analytical skills and provided
me with the foundation to always
be a problem solver.
After my BA in Zoology, I then
went on to study for an MBA at the
Cranfield School of Management.
I love learning, and believe it is
important to keep ahead of the times
– particularly in the technology
industry. I still regularly enroll
on new courses to expand my
knowledge. The most recent course I
completed was in Digital Marketing.
What does your role at Tintri
primarily involve?
As EMEA VP, my role at Tintri
is to develop and sustain a
team across multiple regions.
It is my responsibility to set a
direction, strategy and approach
that aligns with Tintri in North
America, whilst ensuring we are
continuing to match the needs
of our customers and grow our
local footprint. My 25 years of
experience in the software and
20 | April 2017
‘Digital
transformation
is changing
the way
we live. We
expect things
to happen
instantly.’
cloud market is helping to support
and add value to our customers
and partners, as they navigate
their enterprise cloud journey.
What are the biggest changes
you have seen in the data
centre industry?
Digital transformation is changing
the way we live. We expect things
to happen instantly. This has led
to flexible innovative solutions
that allow for instantaneous
self-service. For young people (or
digital natives), who were brought
up on the likes of Apple, Google
and Amazon, super easy quick user
experience is the norm. Gone are
the days of cumbersome interfaces
that digital immigrants, like
myself, are used to. The younger
generation is keen to utilise
technology such as Alexa and Siri.
Without a doubt, this
increased consumerisation in the
marketplace has increased the
value of solutions that promote
self-service and ease of use. In
order to provide this technology,
the enterprise cloud and storage
industries should be adapting and
raising the levels of automation
and keep up with the speed
of orchestration. All to fit this
new fast paced, user friendly,
automated world.