Veeam® Software, a provider of backup, recovery, and data management solutions that deliver Modern Data Protection, announced today the appointment of Rick Jackson as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Jackson is a seasoned marketing executive who has previously served as the chief marketing officer at Qlik, Rackspace, and VMware. He will lead Veeam’s global marketing organization as it continues to drive brand preference and ongoing growth as the #1 market leader in Modern Data Protection solutions for Cloud, Virtual, Physical, Hybrid, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Kubernetes environments.
“It’s exciting to be joining Veeam at this point in its evolution,” said Rick Jackson, CMO at Veeam. “Data, the most important asset that businesses own, is exploding, and is more vulnerable than ever to malicious attacks and unplanned outages. Veeam is the trusted solution protecting 450,000 organizations all over the world. Its success has been the combination of its fantastic people, strong partners, loyal communities and superior products. I’m looking forward to working with a world-class organization and an extremely talented and innovative marketing team.”
Throughout his career, Jackson has been at the cutting edge of technology. He joins Veeam after eight years at Qlik, where he led the global marketing organization and was a member of the leadership team that transformed Qlik into a full-service data and analytics SaaS provider. Jackson was also the CMO of VMware, where he was instrumental in driving the transition from virtualization to cloud infrastructure and launching the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) initiative. Jackson was first introduced to Veeam and its market-leading products at VMware. Jackson graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
“Rick’s proven experience in leading high-performing global marketing teams through growth and industry transformation will bring valuable strategic and industry insight as we continue on our journey to be the undisputed #1 leader in data protection,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam. “Rick has the breadth and depth of experience to help us elevate our brand and reputation, and position ourselves for sustained success. I am excited to see Rick’s impact working with our strong marketing organization to help us grow, innovate and lead in the market.”
