# Renen Hallak

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/renen-hallak
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Prior to founding VAST, Renen led the architecture and development of an all flash array at XtremIO, from inception to over a billion dollars in revenue while acting as VP R&D and leading a team of over 200 engineers. XtremIO is the world's leading all flash array, with over 40% market share and unprecedented growth from zero to three billion dollars of revenue in under three years. Earlier Renen developed a content distribution system at Intercast, from inception to initial deployment and acted as Chief Architect. Renen was also a member of the CTO team at Time to Know. He holds a BA and an MSc in Computer Science, both summa cum laude. Thesis published in the journal of Computational Complexity and presented at the Theory of Cryptography Conference.

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- **Social:**
  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renenh/

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