Kelly Freeman Joins as Regional VP Sales US and Ricardo Lupo Joins as Global Head of Sales Engineering

Komodor, the platform for automating Kubernetes operations, health, performance, and cost management, today announced the expansion of its U.S. sales and technical leadership to support surging demand for Kubernetes automation. The company appointed Kelly Freeman as VP of Sales for the U.S. Central and West, and Ricardo Lupo as Global Head of Sales Engineering, to drive growth, customer support, and technical excellence across its expanding U.S. footprint. Both will report to Jim Hunnewell, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Komodor.

With over 20 years of experience leading sales teams in observability, cybersecurity and cloud, Kelly will head Komodor’s go-to-market efforts in the U.S. Central and West. He joins Komodor from Spot.io (acquired by Flexera), where he led global sales for FinOps and cloud observability. Previously Kelly was VP of sales at RiskIQ and Applause, and served in senior sales leadership roles at New Relic, HP Software, VMware, and Tivoli (acquired by IBM).

“Kelly’s experience helping customers modernize infrastructure and optimize cloud operations directly supports our mission to make Kubernetes easier for everyone,” said Jim Hunnewell, CRO at Komodor. “His leadership will be critical as we grow our U.S. presence and scale our customer base.”

Ricardo Lupo joins Komodor as Global Head of Sales Engineering, overseeing technical pre-sales, customer support, and solution engineering across global operations. At Grafana Labs he advanced adoption of open-source monitoring solutions, and at Mezmo (formerly LogDNA), he helped transition the company into full-stack observability. He also played pivotal roles at Sysdig and Chef Software, as well as spearheading major initiatives while leading engineering teams at Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch.

“Ricardo has a unique ability to bridge technical depth with customer success,” said Hunnewell. “He’ll play a pivotal role in helping customers adopt and scale Komodor’s automation platform with confidence.”

About Komodor

Komodor reduces the cost and complexity of managing large-scale Kubernetes environments by automating day-to-day operations, as well as health and cost optimization. The Komodor Platform proactively identifies risks that can impact application availability, reliability and performance, while providing AI-assisted root-cause analysis, troubleshooting and automated remediation playbooks. Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries including financial services, retail and more, rely on Komodor to empower developers, reduce TicketOps, and harness the full power of Kubernetes to accelerate their business. The company has received $67M in funding from Accel, Felicis, NFX Capital, OldSlip Group, Pitango First, Tiger Global, and Vine Ventures. For more information visit https://komodor.com/, join the Komodor Kommunity, and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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Komodor has expanded its U.S. sales and technical leadership by appointing Kelly Freeman as VP of Sales (Central & West) and Ricardo Lupo as Global Head of Sales Engineering to support growing demand for Kubernetes management and cost automation.