Cohesity today announced the appointment of Cathy Conroy as head of alliances for Asia Pacific. In this role, Conroy will facilitate rapid organizational growth through the ongoing recruitment and management of an ever-increasing cohort of cloud, storage, and software partners.

Based in Brisbane, Conroy joins Cohesity with more than 20 years of sales, alliance, and partner management experience. Working in conjunction with Cohesity’s regional alliance partners, Conroy will support customers who are focused on deploying modern backup and data management solutions.  

Conroy was previously senior director of worldwide alliances at Commvault, where she managed the go-to-market strategy with Cisco. During this time, she was also named to the US CRN 2019 Women of the Channel Awards.

Earlier, she worked at Nimble Storage for five years in several key roles, including senior director, worldwide sales, and also as a director of alliances for Asia Pacific and Japan. During this time, she was instrumental in accelerating relationships with Asia Pacific alliance partners. She was subsequently promoted to a global role based in North Carolina in which she managed the company’s worldwide OEM channels.

She also previously worked at NetApp Australia in several business development and enterprise account management positions as well as at Sun Microsystems as an account executive.

“We look forward to working with partners to fulfill key market objectives including driving new business, establishing a competitive advantage, and creating demonstrable business value through our portfolio of best-in-class, market-leading software solutions,” said Conroy.