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Keepit appoints Jan Ursi to drive global success in the expanding channel ecosystem
Ursi brings a proven track record of scaling technology businesses through fast-evolving, strong partner networks.
K eepit, a market leader in SaaS data protection, recovery and cyberresilience, has announced the appointment of Jan Ursi as Vice President of Global Channels. With extensive experience in building high-impact partner ecosystems, Ursi will lead Keepit’ s global partner strategy to meet accelerating market demand for SaaS data backup and recovery.
Ursi has a track record of scaling technology businesses through strong partner networks. He has led partner and alliance initiatives at Rubrik, UiPath, Nutanix and Infoblox, and earlier helped expand NetScreen and Juniper in Europe. Beginning his career at Alcatel-Lucent, Ursi has consistently been at the forefront of introducing disruptive technologies to new markets, from networking, enterprise cloud and hyperautomation to cyber-resilience.
Strengthening partnerships
At Keepit, Ursi will focus on expanding the company’ s partner ecosystem worldwide, strengthening relationships that make Keepit’ s independent, vendor-neutral SaaS data protection and cyber-resilience available to organisations in every market.
His priority is to ensure partners are positioned as the default go-to-market engine, enabling customers to access Keepit’ s solutions through trusted local relationships while driving long-term, scalable growth.
“ Jan had a rare ability to not only build strong partner networks, but also to inspire trust and collaboration across teams, markets and industries,” said Craig Bumpus, Chief Revenue Officer, Keepit.“ As organisations everywhere face growing cyber-resilience and compliance challenges, Jan’ s leadership will ensure that our partners are empowered to deliver the value, simplicity and independence that set Keepit apart.”
‘ Most partner-friendly organisation in the world’
Ursi’ s approach goes beyond short-term profit goals. He is committed to equipping partners with the tools, attention, relationships and confidence to deliver long-lasting value, positioning Keepit as the most partner-friendly organisation in the world across all functions. By combining Keepit’ s collaborative culture, independent cloud infrastructure, predictable all-inclusive SaaS pricing and comprehensive support of SaaS applications with the local expertise of partners, Ursi aims to make SaaS data protection accessible to every organisation.“ Keepit’ s culture is built on making each other stronger – colleagues, customers and partners alike,” said Ursi.“ That collaborative foundation is the ideal platform for growth. My mission is to ensure Keepit becomes synonymous with the channel – and with that, to deliver peace of mind to more organisations, faster, making their business thrive.”
With Ursi leading the global channels organisation, Keepit is strengthening its ability to deliver on its mission: protecting the crown jewel of every business – its data. •
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