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Veeam Software announces three key senior leadership appointments—Brandt Urban as Chief Business Development Officer, Tony Colon as Chief Customer Officer, and Michael Rau as Vice President of Worldwide Partners—to accelerate global growth, strengthen customer and partner success, and advance its mission of delivering the first Trusted Data Platform for Safe AI at Scale.
Veeam, the global #1 leader in Data Resilience, has strategically expanded its executive team to support accelerated innovation and worldwide expansion. These appointments reflect Veeam’s focus on combining data resilience with security and unlocking data value for AI, while keeping customers and partners at the center of its strategy.
Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam, commented: “We stand at a pivotal and exhilarating moment for Veeam and the industry. We’re entering a new era for data, one that combines the need for data resilience with security, and the ability to unleash the value of that data for AI. As the clear market leader experiencing rapid growth, we are strategically recognizing talent inside Veeam and adding new talent to our senior management team that will help us to not only sustain that growth but accelerate our momentum. Brandt, Tony, and Michael bring essential experience and vision that will ensure Veeam is ready for the next phase of our transformative growth and innovation, always keeping our customers and partners at the heart of everything we do.”
Brandt Urban has been promoted to CBDO, reporting directly to CEO Anand Eswaran. He will lead corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and corporate strategy. Previously serving as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Cloud Sales at Veeam, Brandt drove significant cloud revenue growth and shaped the company’s global cloud strategy. His prior roles at Microsoft, Genesys, RingCentral, and HPE bring deep expertise in strategic alliances and execution, positioning him to expand Veeam’s value proposition through targeted ventures and acquisitions.
Tony Colon assumes the newly created role of Chief Customer Officer, reporting to CRO John Jester. With over 20 years leading global customer organizations at ServiceNow, Cisco, and Salesforce, Tony will own the end-to-end customer journey—from onboarding to renewal—ensuring seamless experiences and maximizing satisfaction, retention, and growth. He will oversee renewals, customer success, professional services, and technical support, transforming these functions into drivers of long-term value and loyalty.
Michael Rau joins as Vice President of Worldwide Partners, also reporting to CRO John Jester and serving on the Worldwide Sales Leadership team. Michael will lead Veeam’s global partner ecosystem, developing consistent programs, incentives, and solutions across distribution, resell, SaaS, services, and strategic alliances. He will manage key partnerships with HPE, Lenovo, Pure Storage, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, TCS, and Kyndryl. With nearly a decade at F5 and senior experience at Cisco, Michael’s technical and partnership expertise will further differentiate Veeam’s offerings and unlock greater partner value.
“At Veeam, excellence isn’t just a goal – it’s our standard in every customer and partner engagement,” said John Jester, CRO of Veeam. “These new strategic appointments underscore our unwavering commitment to innovation and industry leadership. With this strengthened team, we’re not just keeping pace with change; we’re setting a new benchmark for data resilience and customer success worldwide. I have absolute confidence that together, we will drive even greater value for our customers and partners at every step of their journey toward robust data resilience and business continuity.”
These appointments position Veeam to capitalize on the convergence of data resilience, security, and AI, delivering trusted platforms that enable organizations to innovate safely and at scale.
About Veeam Software
Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes every business should be able to bounce forward after a disruption with the confidence and control of all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam calls this radical resilience, and we’re obsessed with creating innovative ways to help our customers achieve it. Veeam solutions are purpose-built for powering data resilience by providing data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. With Veeam, IT and security leaders rest easy knowing that their apps and data are protected and always available across their cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments.
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