INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Sumit Dhawan moves from VMware to Proofpoint as CEO
Proofpoint announced that Sumit Dhawan has been appointed Chief Executive Officer , effective immediately . Rémi Thomas , Proofpoint ’ s Chief Financial Officer , who has been acting as Proofpoint ’ s interim CEO since October 25th , will continue to serve as the company ’ s CFO .
“ The Proofpoint board of directors could not be more excited to partner with Sumit as he joins Proofpoint to usher in a new stage of growth ,” said Seth Boro , Managing Partner at Thoma Bravo . “ Sumit brings a wealth of valuable experience and expertise in building category-leading , scaled companies and businesses . We are confident his customer-centric passion and strong legacy of leadership will continue to carry Proofpoint ’ s mission forward in providing people-centric cybersecurity solutions that address some of the most challenging risks facing organisations .”
Dhawan is a highly respected and seasoned technology leader with a proven track record of building market-leading security , cloud , and end-user computing businesses . In his most recent role as President of VMware , Dhawan was responsible for driving over $ 13B of revenue and led the company ’ s go-to-market functions including worldwide sales , customer success and experience , strategic ecosystem , industry solutions , marketing , and communications .
Before that , he was CEO of Instart , a cybersecurity business delivering innovations in web application security services . He has held senior executive and
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general management roles at both VMware and Citrix and has successfully established category-leading businesses at scale .
“ Over the years , Proofpoint has built an exceptional brand and is trusted by some of the world ’ s leading organisations as their cybersecurity partner of choice ,” said Sumit Dhawan . “ I am honoured to join a leader at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation and to shepherd its continuing and unwavering commitment to helping organisations across the globe protect people and defend data .”
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Veeam elevates Tim Pfaelzer to General Manager and Senior VP EMEA
Veeam Software , a vendor in data protection and ransomware recovery , has announced promotion of Tim Pfaelzer as General Manager and Senior Vice President of Europe , Middle East , and Africa , EMEA . He is responsible for Veeam ’ s business operations across all segments and markets across the region .
Pfaelzer has been with Veeam since July 2021 and most recently held the position of Vice President , Enterprise , EMEA . Tim has spent more than 20 years in the IT industry , including senior management roles at Dell and various positions at Adobe , Autodesk , and Salesforce . Based in Germany , Tim brings his vast experience in business development , marketing , sales leadership , and general management to the Veeam team and its customers and partners across the region .
“ At a time when the success of every organisation across EMEA depends on the availability of their critical business data , it ’ s essential that they are prepared to not just bounce back from an outage or data loss , but to bounce forward ,” said Pfaelzer .
“ Veeam is leading the data protection of customers in EMEA thanks to the combination of industry-leading innovation with an outstanding team of people and partners across our business . We are helping more EMEA customers keep their business running by bringing the industry ’ s broadest set of data protection and ransomware recovery capabilities to every company . I ’ m looking forward to working with all our customers and partners to ensure we build a safer future for every organisation .”
“ He is an accomplished leader who puts the needs of our customers and partners at the centre of everything we do ,” said John Jester , Chief Revenue Officer at Veeam . “ This promotion is recognition of the incredible work he ’ s been doing across the region .” •
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