Decentralized cloud storage provider Storj Labs has announced that Ben Golub, former CEO and co-founder of Docker, is joining the company as Executive Chairman and will serve as its interim CEO.

Under Golub’s leadership, Docker grew from a small, open source project to a cloud leader with hundreds of G2000 customers, a broad partner network, over 400 employees, nearly $250 million in funding, 3,000 contributors, and 12 billion downloads. Prior to Docker, he served as chief executive officer of Gluster and Plaxo and has held executive-level and product management positions at VeriSign, Avid Technology and Sun Microsystems.

"Ben brings an ideal skill set to his new role at Storj Labs. His combination of business and technology acumen is exactly what Storj needs during this pivotal moment of growth," said Shawn Wilkinson, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Storj Labs. "Our work today and in the coming months will result in a new platform that will help customer build and deploy decentralized apps with decentralized storage. Now is the perfect time for Ben's important contribution to our work."

In his role as Executive Chairman and interim CEO, Golub will focus on meeting customer needs, which will inform the development of Storj Labs' technology and operations. He plans to advance the Storj platform, drive revenue growth, and help the company scale its network to the exabyte range and beyond.

"Storj has developed a powerful platform to support some of the most important trends in computing today, including the explosion in data, the demand for decentralized computing, and the rise of decentralized trust technologies inspired by blockchain and distributed ledger," said Ben Golub, Executive Chairman and interim CEO at Storj Labs. "Having had the privilege of working at companies that were leaders in previous computing revolutions, such as cloud, open source, internet security, and containerization, I know the power of having a talented team addressing big opportunities with a uniquely compelling and disruptive solution. Storj delivers in all of these areas."