{"id":4483,"date":"2021-08-02T14:55:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2021-10-25T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:25:15","slug":"the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4484\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>The editors at Solutions Review have examined the top vendors in the <\/i><\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/get-a-free-backup-and-disaster-recovery-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>backup,<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/get-free-disaster-recovery-service-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>DRaaS, <\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><i>and <\/i><\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/get-a-free-data-protection-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>data protection<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><i> spaces and compiled this list of the 10 coolest backup and disaster recovery CEOs of 2021.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chief executive officer (CEO) is at the top of the food chain within an organization. The CEO undertakes many responsibilities, such as developing a strategy and direction and setting the precedent for their business\u2019 principles, conduct, and culture. The chief executive is also responsible for building an executive leadership team and allocating funds to match the company\u2019s goals and priorities. Some CEOs have even more on their plate, whether they are at the head of the top backup and disaster recovery companies or an emerging startup. Sometimes they can be responsible for more than just the traditional duties and can do anything from brewing coffee to marketing their product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Solutions Review has compiled this list of the 10 coolest backup and disaster recovery CEOs based on a number of factors, including the company\u2019s market share, growth trajectory, and the impact each individual has had on its presence in what is becoming the most competitive global software market. Some of the top backup and disaster recovery CEOs have been with their respective companies since day one while others are serial entrepreneurs. But no matter their background, each CEO brings a diversity of skills and a unique perspective to the table that allows their company to thrive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-1\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/get-a-free-backup-and-disaster-recovery-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Protection Vendor Map\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/05\/21_BUDR_SB_BG_Blue_800.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>The Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcserve.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Tom Signorello, Arcserve<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcserve.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcserve.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tom-s-sq2.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Signorello\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Tom Signorello is the CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcserve.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Arcserve.<\/a> His responsibilities include establishing the company\u2019s global strategy, driving value to achieve worldwide sales goals, and setting the strategic direction of its portfolio of solutions. Signorello has been in the tech industry for 23 years and over that time he has developed a track record of creating profitable revenue streams over multiple industry sectors. Before joining Arcserve in 2017, Signorello was CEO of global solutions and services provider, OnX. Prior to his time at OnX, Signorello ran the North American business for Diebold, overseeing over half of the company\u2019s revenue. He also served as senior vice president of global government managed services at Xerox. Recently, Signorello led Arcserve in a merger with StorageCraft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Mohit Aron, Cohesity<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/wp-content\/new_media\/2015\/10\/mohit-aron-2020-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Mohit Aron 2020 headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Mohit Aron, the CEO and Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohesity,<\/a> has more than 15 years of experience in building scalable, high-performance distributed systems, and has been credited with increasing the popularity of hyperconvergence. Aron founded Cohesity in 2013 and co-founded the data storage company, Nutanix, in 2009. Before co-founding Nutanix, Aron worked at Google as a lead developer on the Google File System engineering project. Aron&#8217;s success is evident, as shown by the World Economic Forum (WEF) naming Cohesity as one of the world&#8217;s 61 most promising Technology Pioneers 2018. Recently, Cohesity also raised $250 million in Series E funding and is currently valued at $3.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Sanjay Mirchandani, Commvault<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lmksuo59r52jxjjy13j6oyze-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2019\/07\/Sanjay-Mirchandani.jpg\" alt=\"Sanjay Mirchandani\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Sanjay Mirchandani is the CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Commvault,<\/a> who succeeded long-time former CEO, Robert (Bob) Hammer, on February 5, 2019. Mirchandani has most recently served as the President and CEO of open-source configuration management software company, Puppet. During his time at Puppet, he grew the user base of the organization\u2019s open-source and commercial solutions to more than 40,000 companies, including 75 percent of the Fortune 100. Additionally, Mirchandani expanded Puppet\u2019s global presence by opening offices in Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Timisoara, Romania. Before that, he spent twenty years in senior leadership roles and Microsoft, VMware, and EMC Corp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Michael Dell, Dell Technologies<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4485\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/Michael-Dell-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Dell headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/Michael-Dell-headshot.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/Michael-Dell-headshot-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/Michael-Dell-headshot-81x81.jpg 81w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/Michael-Dell-headshot-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Michael Dell is chairman and CEO of tech industry giant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dell Technologies.<\/a> Boasting revenues of $94B and 158,000 team members, Dell Technologies is one of the largest IT companies in the world, providing services to large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers alike. Dell founded Dell Technologies in 1984 at the age of 19, and in 1992, became the youngest CEO to ever earn a ranking on the Fortune 500. Additionally, in 1999, he and his wife established the Michael &amp; Susan Dell Foundation to increase opportunities for children growing up in urban poverty in the US, India, and South Africa. Michael Dell also serves as a member of the Technology CEO Council and Business Roundtable, as well as an executive committee member of the International Business Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.druva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Jaspreet Singh, Druva<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.druva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lmksuo59r52jxjjy13j6oyze-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/07\/Jaspreet-Singh-Druva.jpg\" alt=\"Jaspreet Singh Druva\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Jaspreet Singh is the founder and CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.druva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Druva.<\/a> Singh\u2019s experience with product vision and general management has enabled Druva to be one of the faster-growing companies in the data protection and management market. As a result of Singh\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit, Druva has now raised approximately $328 million in venture funding, as well as 4,000 customers globally. In founding Druva, Singh created the first and only cloud-native Data Management-as-a-Service (DMaaS) company, disrupting the traditional data protection market. Before starting Druva, Singh held foundational roles at both Veritas and Ensim Corp. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\">Druva<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\">\u00a0recently\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\">acquired\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW103540432 BCX0\">SFApex<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103540432 BCX0\">\u00a0for an undisclosed amount.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW103540432 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> In April of 2021, Druva also raised $147 million in Series H funding from a group of investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hycu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Simon Taylor, HYCU<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hycu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4131\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/11\/Simon-Taylor.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Taylor\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/11\/Simon-Taylor.jpg 225w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/11\/Simon-Taylor-81x81.jpg 81w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/11\/Simon-Taylor-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Simon Taylor, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hycu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HYCU,<\/a> has over 15 years of experience in go-to-market strategy development, product marketing, and channel sales management for the tech industry. Prior to his time at HYCU, Taylor worked with companies including Comtrade Group, Forrester Research, Putnam Investments, and Omgeo, holding senior executive leadership positions at Comtrade Software and Comtrade Group. Taylor has been the CEO of HYCU since 2018, as well as a member of the Forbes Technology Council since 2020. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW130142218 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130142218 BCX0\">Recently, HYCU earned $87.5 million in Series A funding from Acrew Capital and Bain Capital Ventures.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW130142218 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrascale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Russell P. Reeder, Infrascale<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrascale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/3suxxy8wyhp1vv6ln2ofn5a148f-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jpg\/Photo-Russ-Reeder.jpg\" alt=\"Russell P. Reeder\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Russell P. Reeder is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrascale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infrascale.<\/a> He has more than 25 years of experience as a tech, sales, product, and branding executive. Previously, Reeder led OVHcloud&#8217;s growth into the United States. OVHcloud then successfully launched in the US, acquired vCloud Air from VMware, and built two additional data centers, bringing the organization to a total of 30 data centers globally. Additionally, Reeder led the premium cloud hosting company, MediaTemple, where he managed the company&#8217;s global sales growth, brand, and strategic direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Bipul Sinha, Rubrik<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/content\/dam\/rubrik\/company\/leadership-board\/photo-Bipul-157x157-c-default%20(1).png\" alt=\"Bipul Sinha headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubrik&#8217;s<\/a> CEO and Co-Founder, Bipul Sinha, brings more than 20 years of experience building successful companies and products from the ground up. Prior to Sinha&#8217;s time at Rubrik, he was a partner at LightSpeed, where he invested in Nutanix, PernixData, and Numerify. He is currently a Venture Partner at LightSpeed. Sinha also serves as a founding investor and board member at Nutanix, as well as acting as the Board Chairman and Co-Founder of Confluera. Additionally, Sinha has held engineering positions at Oracle, American Megatrends, and IBM. I<span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW99405221\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW99405221\">n late 2020, Rubrik acquired Igneous.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>William H. Largent, Veeam<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4486 \" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/William-H-Largent-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"William H Largent headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/William-H-Largent-headshot.jpg 140w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/William-H-Largent-headshot-81x81.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>William H. Largent is the CEO and Chairman of the Board at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veeam.<\/a> He has logged more than 30 years in operations and leadership roles at growth companies. Before his time as CEO and Chairman of the Board, Largent was Veeam&#8217;s Executive Vice President of Operations, as well as a board member. Additionally, Largent was previously the CEO of Applied Innovation Inc., a public company previously traded on the NASDAQ. Largent was also the CFO of Plug Power where he managed the business&#8217; initial public offering and raised more than $150 million in equity. <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recently,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Veeam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was acquired by Insight Partners for $5 billion.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veritas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Greg Hughes, Veritas Technologies<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veritas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lmksuo59r52jxjjy13j6oyze-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/07\/Greg-Hughes-Veritas.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Hughes Veritas\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Greg Hughes is the CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.veritas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Veritas.<\/a> He has over 20 years of experience as an executive in enterprise software. Prior to joining Veritas, Hughes was the CEO of Serena Software. In his time there, Hughes led the successful turnaround and sale to Micro Focus. Additionally, he has held executive roles in technology investment firms Silver Lake Partners and HGGC. Hughes also served in a range of senior executive roles at Symantec, most recently as President of the $4 billion Enterprise Product Group. Hughes joined Symantec through the acquisition of Veritas, where he was executive vice president of Global Services. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\">To extend its digital compliance portfolio,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\">Veritas<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\">\u00a0acquired\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW104511305 BCX0\">Globanet<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104511305 BCX0\"> in 2020 and HubStor in 2021.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW104511305 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more and compare products with the Solutions Review <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2GkGfhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Buyer\u2019s Guide for Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/data-protection-vendor-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Protection Vendor Map\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/02\/DP_VM_SB_800.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Protection Vendor Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The editors at Solutions Review have examined the top vendors in the backup, DRaaS, and data protection spaces and compiled this list of the 10 coolest backup and disaster recovery CEOs of 2021. The chief executive officer (CEO) is at the top of the food chain within an organization. The CEO undertakes many responsibilities, such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":4484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,204],"tags":[25,1139,249,83,755,222,823,144,117,68,531],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 10 Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Solutions Review has examined the backup and disaster recovery space and listed the coolest backup and disaster recovery CEOs of 2021.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tess Hanna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/\",\"name\":\"The 10 Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-02T18:55:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-25T15:25:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/#\/schema\/person\/1915d169a2244d0703ac9749676fe5cd\"},\"description\":\"Solutions Review has examined the backup and disaster recovery space and listed the coolest backup and disaster recovery CEOs of 2021.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-32.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"The 10 Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/the-coolest-backup-and-disaster-recovery-ceos\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The 10 Coolest Backup and Disaster Recovery CEOs of 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/\",\"name\":\"Best Backup and Disaster Recovery Tools, Software, Solutions &amp; 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