Shiva Pillay GM and SVP Americas, Veeam

Veeam Software, Inc. appointed Shiva Pillay as GM and SVP of Americas, responsible for leading growth and business operations across the region.

Most recently, he was the Veeam GM and SVP for AsiaPac and Japan (APJ), joining the company in 2018. During this time, he led sales, channels and alliances, and pre-sales across the region.

Under his leadership, the Veeam APJ team has grown market share in key segments, helping solve modern data management challenges for customers across the region.

“Companies are facing many challenges in keeping their business running today. It is a far more complex IT environment that encompasses the cloud, SaaS and on-premises resources. At the same time, there’s a growing threat from cyber-attacks. In the past twelve months alone, 85% of organizations experienced ransomware attacks at least once,” said Pillay. “At Veeam, we are focused on helping customers keep their business running by protecting their data and if the worst happens, helping them to recover rapidly. Over the past five years, I’ve witnessed how Veeam delivers the absolute best product innovation, customer experience and partner collaboration. That’s helped make us #1 in the world for data protection and recovery. I’m excited to join the Americas team at this time and am looking forward to the journey ahead.”

Pillay has spent more than 15 years in the IT industry, working across various spaces including data protection, security, SaaS, and automation. He has held senior leadership positions at RSA, EMC, The SCE Group, Prevalent Inc. and SevOne. His experience covers several functions, revenue gen, sales, customer retention, professional services, operations, channel, and alliances in both regional and global capacities, having lived in Australia, the US, and Singapore.

He currently serves as an advisor for several start-up organizations in USA and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Psychology from the University of Wollongong. He currently resides in Boston, MA.

“Shiva has been an extraordinary member of our leadership team at Veeam,” said John Jester, CRO. “He understands what drives our employees, pushes our partners to mutual success, and the evolution of our customers’ needs. The Americas is a pivotal region for Veeam and I’m confident that under Shiva’s leadership will maintain its strong growth trajectory and accelerate enterprise presence as we strive to keep businesses running and build a safer, more secure future with the new Veeam Data Platform.”