Veeam Software announced the appointment of Shiv Pillay as the new CEO of Veeam and Senior Vice President of the Americas. From now on, the executive will be responsible for leading development and business operations across the region.
Previously, Pillay served as Veeam’s general manager and senior vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), joining the company in 2018. During this time, he successfully led sales, channels, alliances and pre-sales across regions. Under his leadership, the Veeam APJ team has grown its market share in key regions while helping solve modern data management challenges for customers across the globe.
“Businesses face many challenges to keep their businesses running. It’s a far more complex IT environment that spans cloud, SaaS and on-premises resources. Along with this, the risk of cyber attacks is also increasing. In the last 12 months alone, 85% of organizations have experienced a ransomware attack at least once,” said the new CEO and SVP. “At Veeam, we’re committed to helping customers keep their businesses running by protecting their data. And if the worst happens, it helps them recover quickly. Over the past five years, I’ve seen Veeam deliver the best in product innovation, customer experience, and partner collaboration. This has helped us become the world’s No. 1 in data protection and recovery. I’m excited to join Team America at this point and look forward to the rest of the journey.”
Pillay has been working in the IT industry for over 15 years, working in a variety of areas including data protection, security, SaaS, and automation. Shiva has held senior leadership positions at RSA, EMC, SCE Group, Prevalent Inc., and SevOne. Based in Australia, the US and Singapore, he brings experience in revenue generation, sales, client retention, professional services, operations, channels and alliances with both regional and global capabilities.
Pillay currently works as a consultant to various emerging organizations in the United States and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Psychology from the University of Wollongong. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
“Shiva has been an outstanding member of our leadership team at Veeam,” said John Jester, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Veeam. “He understands what drives our employees, drives our partners for mutual success and the evolving needs of our customers. The US is an important region for Veeam and I am confident that under Shiva’s leadership, it will continue to grow from its strongest will continue the growth trajectory and accelerate the business footprint as we strive to keep businesses running and build a more secure future with the new Veeam Data Platform.».
The company recently introduced Veeam Data Platform, a single platform offering the most advanced hybrid cloud, recovery and data protection capabilities across entire IT environments: multicloud, virtual, hybrid, physical, SaaS (M365, Salesforce) and Kubernetes. Veeam Backup & Replication v12, the foundation of Veeam Data Platform, provides best-in-class secure backup and fast, reliable recovery from all cyber threats, including ransomware, to keep your business resilient and up and running.
Veeam invites all companies, administrators and users to join VeeamON 2023, a community event for data recovery experts, which will take place May 22 to 24 in person in Miami, Florida and online. Designed and built for the backup and recovery professional, attendees will expand their skills, learn how to protect their businesses from ransomware, and share industry insights with exclusive content from Microsoft, AWS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and more. Registration is now open for the face-to-face event and virtual option.
