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VDURA Appoints Tech Veterans to Board as AI Infrastructure Demand Surges
Craig Bernero and Eddie White join VDURA's board to guide the company through rapid growth in AI workloads.
Published on Feb. 12, 2026
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VDURA, a data storage infrastructure software company focused on AI and GPU workloads, has appointed Craig Bernero and Eddie White to its Board of Directors. Bernero brings decades of global infrastructure leadership experience from EMC and Dell Technologies, while White offers AI infrastructure go-to-market expertise from Google Cloud. The additions strengthen VDURA's leadership as it scales adoption across AI service providers, cloud platforms, and enterprises building next-generation AI infrastructure.
Why it matters
As AI environments scale from pilots to production, the data layer has emerged as a critical and constrained component of the infrastructure stack. VDURA's mixed-fleet architecture aims to deliver the performance, durability, and economic control required to support GPU-intensive workloads at scale, addressing growing challenges around flash price volatility and the need for production-ready AI infrastructure.
The details
VDURA's storage infrastructure combines flash-class performance with intelligent data tiering and mixed-fleet media, enabling customers to support GPU-intensive workloads while maintaining long-term control over cost, resilience, and scale. The company has also launched tools like the Flash Volatility Index and Storage Economics Optimizer to help customers navigate the economics of storage at scale as flash pricing continues to disrupt AI infrastructure planning.
- VDURA announced the board appointments on February 12, 2026.
The players
VDURA
A modern data storage infrastructure software company built for AI, GPU, and high-performance workloads.
Craig Bernero
A proven infrastructure executive with more than 30 years of experience scaling storage and platform software across global enterprises, including leadership roles at EMC and Dell Technologies.
Eddie White
An experienced go-to-market leader with more than 25 years of experience driving strategy and revenue growth across infrastructure, cloud, and AI platforms, including a role leading AI Infrastructure go-to-market for startups at Google Cloud.
Ken Claffey
The CEO of VDURA.
What they’re saying
“Craig and Eddie are proven builders who have architected and scaled some of the most demanding infrastructure businesses globally. Their deep expertise in constructing high-velocity teams, accelerating go-to-market at scale, and thriving in the most demanding enterprise environments will be invaluable as we empower customers to transform their AI data layer - delivering unmatched performance, economics, and operational reliability in an era where data velocity is everything.”
— Ken Claffey, CEO of VDURA (VDURA)
“I have spent my career building storage platforms through multiple technology transitions, and AI represents a fundamental shift. Unprecedented demand and flash price volatility are forcing architectural choices that will matter for years. VDURA stood out to me because it was designed for this reality, with a mixed-fleet, data-tiering architecture that sustains GPU performance while delivering the reliability and economic control required at scale. I look forward to joining the board and helping guide VDURA through its next phase of growth.”
— Craig Bernero (VDURA)
“As AI environments scale, success depends less on experimentation and more on execution at production scale. The fastest-moving teams are the ones whose data infrastructure can keep pace as deployments grow larger and more complex. VDURA enables organizations to operate AI with confidence by delivering the performance and economics required for the world's largest production AI environments. I look forward to joining the board and helping accelerate adoption across AI service providers, Neoclouds, and enterprises.”
— Eddie White (VDURA)
The takeaway
VDURA's appointments of infrastructure veterans Craig Bernero and Eddie White to its board underscore the company's focus on supporting the growing demand for production-ready AI infrastructure as organizations scale their GPU-accelerated workloads. The additions will help guide VDURA through its next phase of growth and strengthen its ability to deliver the performance, durability, and economic control required to power the world's largest AI deployments.
