Danny Allan CTO and EVP Product Strategy, Veeam

Veeam Software, Inc. announced that Danny Allan has been appointed CTO and SVP of product strategy.

Promoted from his previous role as VP of product strategy, he will lead global product strategy group and initiatives, and spearhead the company’s technology vision. 

“Danny has had a significant impact on Veeam’s vision and strategic direction since joining the company in early 2017, and has been instrumental in cementing our market leadership,” said Ratmir Timashev, co-founder and EVP sales and marketing at Veeam. “As customers look to drive business agility and leverage the power of their data, Veeam must continue to innovate, and under Danny’s leadership, I know that we will accelerate our organizational growth as we move into Act II.”

“For the last decade, Veeam has dominated the market by delivering solutions that meet customer demands,” commented Allan. “Simplicity, flexibility and reliability are key to organizations across the globe, and Veeam’s leadership position in this area is clear. Our portfolio allows customers to protect and manage their data no matter where it resides – whether in virtual, physical or cloud environments – but I am excited at what’s yet to come, and I know that 2020 will bring a vast array of new innovations that ensure Veeam continues to cement its market dominance.”

With more than 20 years of technology experience, Allan likes to solve customer problems and software innovation. In his previous role as VP of product strategy, he was responsible for envisioning and communicating the Veeam vision for Cloud Data Management, collaborating with enterprise customers and large service providers to assess.

Prior to this, he was CTO of Desktone, a software platform for service providers offering hosted desktops, which was acquired by VMware. Earlier in his career, he was director of security research at IBM and a member of the Security Architecture Board, where he co-authored the IBM Secure Engineering Framework.

He holds multiple software patents in the cloud and security field.