Amber Johanson VP Global Pre-sales Engineering, Zerto

Zerto, Inc. announced that former Veritas executive, Amber Johanson, has joined as VP of global pre-sales engineering.

The role will focus on building a technical sales organisation to address the big-picture problems that company’s customers face and building solutions that meet their product needs – including both immediate and long-term IT Resilience programs. 
 
She brings a perspective to the senior leadership team at Zerto, having both product competitor-side experience and enterprise customer-side experience. This appointment continues Zerto’s commitment to growth through implementing operational transformation strategies.
 
“As an executive with both technical and leadership expertise, I’m eager to work with an unparalleled team with a customer-first, solutions-oriented mentality. I’m invigorated by Zerto’s commitment to increasing market share by understanding our customers’ needs and being the executive voice back to the product team to ensure Zerto is quick to react to feedback from our customers,” said Johanson. 
 
During her time with Veritas, she developed and executed technical sales and services strategies and managed SE sales team to grow top line growth and transaction profitability. Prior to Veritas, she lead technical sales teams while growing market share and transforming disjointed departments into collaborative and efficient teams.
 
“Amber’s experience will be an invaluable asset to the Zerto team. Her expertise in both technical product engineering and proven ability to build and maintain cohesive, effective teams will help us build on the recent successes in partnership and customer growth,” said Ziv Kedem, CEO. “Amber has proven to be an effective thought leader, inspiring those she leads. Her commitment to a customer-focused solutions development approach will continue to drive innovation and expand adoption of IT resilience solutions for customers.“
 
Johanson previously co-lead Symantec women’s action network for all North America sales and marketing. She is a member of Executive Women’s Forum, Global Fund for Women and served in the US Navy as a data processing technician.