Pure Storage Announces Kevan Krysler as New Chief Financial Officer

Brings Wealth of Enterprise Experience in Finance from VMware and KPMG

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – November 21, 2019 — Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the data solutions leader that helps innovators build a better world with data, today announced that Kevan Krysler will join the company as CFO in early December, reporting to Chairman and CEO, Charles Giancarlo.

“Kevan is extremely accomplished in heading up financial strategies and driving performance for enterprise IT companies,” said Giancarlo. “He brings the right mix of skills, experience and savvy to enable Pure to accomplish our ambitious financial and growth goals.”

Krysler joins Pure from VMware, where he has served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to VMware, he was a partner with KPMG, where he served both multi-national and emerging software and technology companies.

“I admire Pure’s ability to differentiate themselves based on their customer-focused culture and dedication to providing an effortless modern data experience,” said Krysler. “I look forward to joining this team and building on the momentum of driving scale and revenue growth.”

About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) helps modern organizations turn data into business advantage. Pure solutions enable a unified data experience that can adapt as customer needs evolve. One of the fastest-growing enterprise IT companies in history, Pure Storage helps customers put data to use while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure Storage provides a modern data experience that creates a common operating environment across multiple data centers and clouds, easing operations via APIs and intelligent AI-driven automation. And with a certified NPS customer satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B companies, Pure's ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the world.

Analyst Recognition:
Pure Storage has been named a Leader in theGartner Magic Quadrant for General Purpose Storage.

Press Contact:
Rena Fallstrom
rena@purestorage.com

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