Pure Storage announced the appointment of Cathleen "Cathy" Southwick as Chief Information Officer. In her new role, Southwick will lead global IT and be responsible for advancing the company's operations through delivery of next-generation technology capabilities and systems that align with Pure's strategy. Southwick joins after 21 years of service at AT&T, where she was VP of Technology Engineering and provided strategic IT leadership, led global network transformations and developed and executed a successful Cloud IaaS strategy.