Dan Spraggins

Chief Technology Officer at Backblaze

Austin, Texas, United States

About Dan Spraggins

Dan Spraggins is Chief Technology Officer at Backblaze. Location: Austin, Texas, United States.

Technology executive specializing in high-performance cloud infrastructure, distributed data platforms, and advanced artificial intelligence. Brings over two decades of experience scaling engineering organizations and driving architectural modernization for global enterprise and consumer markets. Deep technical domain expertise encompasses generative AI, large language models (LLMs), agentic systems, and deep learning algorithms. Demonstrated success managing exabyte-scale data storage and compute environments while leading complex, multi-cloud migrations. Proven track record of launching secure, mission-critical platforms, optimizing R&D velocity, and aligning technical strategy with high-growth commercial outcomes. Former leadership tenure includes architecting enterprise AI platforms at HP and directing cloud engineering and operations at Rackspace.

Skills

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Cloud Storage
  • Generative AI

Additional experience

  • SVP, Engineering

    Backblaze

    January 2026 – May 2026

Education

  • Bachelor's, The University of Texas at Austin