Gary Merrill Chief Commercial Officer, Commvault

Commvault Systems, Inc. announced that Gary Merrill, the company’s CFO, has been appointed chief commercial officer (CCO).

As CCO, he will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales and partnership organizations accountable for Commvault’s cyber resilience revenue growth objectives.

He joined Commvault in 2005 and has held critical leadership positions during his tenure. Prior to being appointed as CFO in 2022, he served as chief of business operations. In this role, he leveraged his financial and operational expertise to lead the company’s transformation initiatives and go-to-market strategy

He began his career with Arthur Anderson LLP in its audit practice serving companies in various industries and gained finance experience working with several global publicly traded companies.

Merrill will assume the CCO role after his successor as CFO is appointed. The company is conducting a search for his successor and has retained an executive search firm to assist in the process. Merrill will continue to serve as CFO until his successor’s start date.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Elizabethtown College in 1997.