Cameron Chehreh

President and GM, MinIO Government

Cameron Chehreh’s biggest recent achievement was helping MinIO Government reach “Awardable” status from the Tradewinds Solution Marketplace, a milestone that extends the value of MinIO AIStor to more government agencies.

AIStor is the most widely adopted object store in the world, but the recognition of innovation, scalability and potential impact on Defense Department missions is “incredible validation,” he said.

“It’s an honor to be part of an organization that is transforming and enabling AI data at scale for customers, especially in our government and public sector,” he added.

Why Watch

In 2026, Chehreh’s team is focused on helping government agencies overcome the data modernization and AI infrastructure challenges that separate AI policy from execution. Executive orders, Office of Management and Budget memos and compliance and legislative mandates demand the right processes and solutions to ensure security, performance and sovereignty for AI data. MinIO’s AIStor software serves as the core capability powering AI initiatives and modernizing the data layer, Chehreh said, adding that 2026 will be a year of “explosive growth, building on the company’s enterprise-grade success.”

MinIO is in a unique position to solve the challenges that are the current administration’s priorities aligning with EO14179, America’s AI Action Plan, Genesis Mission, and others, Chehreh said. The company’s founders designed AIStor to address the unprecedented growth of AI data and the costs, security and scale associated with it. Their solution is already cloud- and Kubernetes-native in its architecture and design, with a single, hardened binary, S3-compliant storage server, built with rigorous testing and validation for limitless scalability and on-premise deployment to provide the highest degree of sovereignty for data.

“I’m honored to help solve the critical AI and data challenges facing agencies today,” Chehreh said. “It’s exciting to be part of an organization that is at the forefront of this rapid transformation and plays a role in ensuring mission success.”

Fun fact: Chehreh has worked many types of jobs, including professional musician, CIO and “everything else in between,” as he put it.