KX Names Former Google Head of Sales John Hoffman as Chief Revenue Officer

(Source: LinkedIn)

KX, a worldwide leader in real-time data analytics, has named John Hoffman as its Chief Revenue Officer. 

John will report directly to CEO of KX, Ashok Reddy, focusing on "developing the go-to-market strategy for all KX products and further expanding the kdb+ time series database and real-time analytics engine into industries beyond financial services". He will be also responsibel for a key area, building and strengthening sales partnerships with hyper-scale cloud vendors and enterprise data management platforms.

John has over two decades of experience in software industry, having held leading roles in start-ups and giants in the sector such as ForeScout Technologies, Thomson Reuters, Provenir and Looker. He joined KX from Google, where his latest position was Head of Sales for Data and Analytics. 

"I am truly excited to join a data and analytics market leader like KX, and the opportunity to further build and scale a world-class sales organization like their own is my dream," commented John Hoffman. "Driving critical business insights is at the forefront of every organization, and KX helps bring the benefits of these insights to bear every day for the largest financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and energy companies. Needless to say, I can't wait to dive in."