Gluware Appoints John Donelan as Chief Revenue Officer

Seasoned go-to-market leader to accelerate growth across enterprise, channel, and strategic alliances

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gluware, the leader in intelligent network automation, today announced the appointment of John Donelan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Donelan will lead all global revenue functions including direct and channel sales, strategic partnerships, and revenue operations to scale Gluware's momentum with Global 2000 enterprises and strategic partners.

"Enterprises are making the network the platform for digital transformation, and Gluware is uniquely positioned to automate that reality," said Jeff Gray, Gluware CEO and Co-Founder. "John brings a rare blend of operational rigor and customer-first leadership. His track record in building high-performing teams and durable growth engines will be catalytic for our next stage."

Donelan is a veteran revenue executive with deep experience in enterprise software and sales organization leadership, known for architecting go-to-market systems that align new logo acquisition, expansion, and partner-led scale. Prior to joining Gluware, he held roles such as Vice President of Global Sales at Kentik, Vice President of Business Development at Support.com, Vice President of Sales at Allot Communications, Vice President of Sales at Vello Systems, Vice President of Sales at Genband, and Vice President of Sales at Nokia. Donelan has designed and executed pipeline strategies that unlock eight-figure growth, transform revenue trajectories, and establish multimillion-dollar partnerships with the world's most influential enterprises and service providers. He is widely recognized for developing repeatable sales methodologies, first-class teams that meet and exceed expectations, data-driven forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration spanning marketing, product, and customer success.

"Gluware solves one of the hardest problems in enterprise IT—making complex, multi-vendor networks safe to change at scale," said John Donelan, Chief Revenue Officer, Gluware. "I'm excited to partner with our customers, channel, and technology ecosystem to unlock and accelerate even greater value by compressing time-to-automation, expanding use cases, and delivering measurable strategic and operational outcomes for the business."

About Gluware

Gluware is the leader in intelligent network automation, helping organizations improve security, simplify complexity, eliminate toil, and accelerate innovation across digital infrastructure.

Trusted by the Global 2000, Gluware's intent-based, multi-vendor automation platform handles millions of network changes in minutes—flawlessly. Whether used out of the box or as a builder platform, Gluware delivers a 95% reduction in network outages, 100% network security policy compliance, a 300x speed increase for OS upgrades, and self-operating network capabilities in just three months.

SOURCE Gluware Inc