Justin Dignelli joins Modal as VP of Sales

After investing in Modal’s Series A and later advising the company, a former MongoDB leader and Pace founder has joined Modal as VP of Sales, motivated by its growth, developer-focused compute platform, and position in the expanding AI infrastructure market. The author describes Modal as a high-eight-figure-revenue company serving thousands of customers with AI and large-scale computing applications, led by founders Erik and Akshat and supported by a culture emphasizing intelligence, hard work, ambition, and kindness. Drawing on experience helping MongoDB scale go-to-market operations from $20 million to more than $1 billion in revenue, the new executive plans to build a scalable, compounding GTM organization to accelerate Modal’s growth. Modal is also expanding its sales, technical pre-sales, partnerships, and marketing teams, seeking ambitious and creative infrastructure go-to-market professionals.

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