Data management and protection company Commvault has appointment of Balaji Rao as the area vice president for India & SAARC. 

Rao joins the company with deep experience in global sales operations and team leadership and will be responsible for accelerating growth and driving sales execution excellence and expanding market share in India & SAARC.

Rao brings over 25 years of experience in the industry and worked across prominent enterprises like Veritas, VMware, HPE, and most recently, in the cyber security sector. 

“I’m delighted to welcome Balaji to our Commvault International leadership team. With his experience, we look to gain critical industry insights to strengthen long-established relationships within our ecosystem in India. We are confident that his appointment will continue our increasing positive market perception, locally and across the world,” said Marco Fanizzi senior vice president and general manager, Commvault International.     

Commvault has a leading product portfolio, with strong momentum in Asia Pacific, and as region-wide business requirements shift to SaaS based priorities, Balaji’s appointment is an important commitment to strengthen Commvault’s leadership and go-to-market team in India to help drive the company’s next wave of growth, the company said in a statement on Monday. 

“With one of the broadest and unique product portfolios in industry, Commvault has built a superior value proposition. I am excited to join the company at such a monumental time, where Metallic is resonating well and has great potential in India to succeed. As the market requirement for sophisticated security solutions increases, our unique data security offering - Threatwise - enables customers to unlock the value of cyber deception for critical data,” Rao said.