Irmak Fite currently serves as Area Vice President for the Western Region at Yugabyte, where the focus is on promoting YugabyteDB, a distributed SQL database designed to enhance cloud-native productivity while minimizing risks and costs. Prior experience includes a tenure as Regional Director of West Enterprise Sales at Aerospike, Inc., where Fite oversaw the sale of a NoSQL database solution, and a role as Sales Director for RainStor within Teradata, concentrating on big data solutions across various sectors. Earlier positions include Sales Director at RainStor before its acquisition by Teradata, Big Data Sales Director at IBM following its acquisition of Netezza, and Sales Executive at Netezza. Fite began a career at Oracle, holding various sales management roles, including District Manager and Sr. Account Manager. Irmak Fite holds a degree from UC Santa Barbara.