CoreWeave on Thursday announced the appointment of Corey Sanders as its new senior vice president of strategy. Sanders will help lead the development and execution of, the Roseland-based AI cloud startup’s strategic initiatives, with a focus on scaling innovation, enhancing market leadership, partnering with customers for purpose-built solutions, and driving sustainable growth in the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.
With two decades at Microsoft under his belt, Sanders’ is up for the role.
“AI labs and enterprises are increasingly turning to CoreWeave to provide the next-gen AI and cloud compute infrastructure that will get them to market faster,” he said. “It’s an exhilarating time to join the company. As these cutting-edge companies look for solutions that are purpose-built for optimal performance and efficiency, CoreWeave is the place to be.”
During his time at Microsoft Sanders oversaw the delivery of tailored cloud solutions for customers. Prior to that, he led Microsoft Commercial Solution Areas, leading sales strategy and corporate technical sales in areas including Digital Application Innovation, Azure Infrastructure & IoT, Azure Data & AI, Business Applications, Security and Modern Workplace. He also started Microsoft Azure’s infrastructure as a service (IaaS) business – where he was responsible for products, strategy and technical vision aligned to core Azure compute services. Earlier in his career, Sanders served as a developer in the Windows Serviceability team, with ownership of the networking and kernel stacks for Windows.
“Corey’s wealth of experience across the managed cloud environment, combined with his customer-first mindset will be critical as we work to accelerate CoreWeave’s development at scale,” Brian Venturo, co-founder and chief strategy officer at CoreWeave said.
