Backblaze Names Chief Human Resources Officer

SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), as we speak introduced that Robert Fitt has joined the corporate as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

Fitt will lead the corporate’s strategic development for all human useful resource (HR) capabilities, together with expertise administration, tradition, compensation and advantages, organizational design, well being and wellness, and variety, fairness, and inclusion efforts.

Backblaze is acknowledged for expertise retention and firm tradition, as evidenced by quite a few awards for tradition, variety, and management from Comparably, Inc., Great Place to Work, and others. The addition of a seasoned CHRO will play a pivotal position in persevering with this excellence, in addition to enabling the corporate’s subsequent part of progress initiatives following its current IPO in November 2021.

“Culture is critical in times of rapid growth and scaling. As the leading independent storage cloud, we continue to scale our teams in support of a world-class organization,” mentioned Gleb Budman, Backblaze CEO and Chairperson of the Board. “Robert is an experienced leader with the skills to help us do that. We are excited to welcome him to Backblaze.”

Backblaze offers builders, companies, and shoppers with cloud companies to retailer, use, and defend their information in a simple and inexpensive method, serving as a basis for purchasers to again up & archive information, host content material, handle media, construct their functions, and extra. Backblaze’s mission is to make storing and utilizing information astonishingly simple.

“I’m proud to be joining a company that is committed to developing talent at all levels of the organization,” mentioned Fitt. “I’m looking forward to working with a team recognized for providing an excellent place to work as we continue to focus on people and culture as a strategic priority.”

Fitt’s profession in human assets spans greater than 20 years. Previously, he led HR capabilities in organizations starting from early stage startups to firms of greater than 4,000 staff. Fitt has held HR management roles at Turntide Technologies, 360 Behavioral Health, Mobilite, Broadcom Corporation, and others. Additionally, Fitt was the founding father of Green Talent Co, an impartial expertise and HR advisory agency.

Fitt earned his bachelor’s diploma in Human Resources Management from Staffordshire University and his grasp’s diploma in Employment Law from the University of East Anglia.

An lively member of his neighborhood, Fitt volunteers as a professional bono HR advisor for Catchafire, a social good platform that matches professionals with nonprofits to volunteer their companies.

About Backblaze

Backblaze makes it astonishingly simple to retailer, use, and defend information. The Backblaze Storage Cloud offers a basis for companies, builders, IT professionals, and people to construct functions, host content material, handle media, again up and archive information, and extra. With over two billion gigabytes of knowledge storage beneath administration, the corporate at the moment works with greater than 500,000 clients in over 175 nations. Founded in 2007, the corporate is predicated in San Mateo, CA. For extra data, please go to www.backblaze.com.

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