

Now we’re on this journey to capitalize on an amazing opportunity, and I’m excited about being a member of the team at BitTorrent.”

This is not normal at product companies, but can be found at great technology companies. To share a few words from Erik: “BitTorrent invests in creativity, resulting in the existence of products like Sync emerging from our labs. This expertise will serve us well at BitTorrent as we seek to grow Sync’s potential.Įrik couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity. Before Drobo, Erik served at leading storage and networking leaders like Brocade, Adaptec, and EMC. Prior to that, Erik spent 3 years with Drobo, driving strategy for their portfolio of award-winning storage products. With more than 15 years of experience in storage and networking, Erik joins us from Greylock Partners where he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. I am now pleased to share that we’ve brought Erik Pounds on board as Vice President of Product Management for BitTorrent Sync. To help realize the product’s potential, we’ve conducted an extensive search for a candidate to oversee Sync’s development.

And these Beta users have demonstrated the power of the app: moving 40 times as much data as the average Dropbox user, 7 times as fast. Within the past year, BitTorrent Sync has grown from an Alpha Labs initiative to a widely adopted Beta product and innovation platform. This has become a profound differentiator particularly within the Sync and Share marketplace, where issues of send limits and surveillance have emerged as serious user pain points. Achieving this requires commitment, creativity, and world-class talent.īitTorrent technologies don’t rely on centralized servers. is to use distributed technology to build a better Internet.
