{"id":16610,"date":"2016-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soundpr.it\/post_news\/veeam-nomina-peter-mckay-nuovo-presidente-e-coo-e-promuove-william-largent-a-ceo\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:00:00","slug":"veeam-nomina-peter-mckay-nuovo-presidente-e-coo-e-promuove-william-largent-a-ceo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.soundpr.it\/en\/news\/veeam-nomina-peter-mckay-nuovo-presidente-e-coo-e-promuove-william-largent-a-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Veeam Appoints Peter McKay as President and COO; Promotes  William Largent to CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Supporting its global expansion into Enterprise market segment and goal to surpass $1 billion revenue mark in the next three years, Veeam adds additional depth to its executive lineup with new President\/COO and CEO roles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BAAR, Switzerland \u2013 28 June, 2016:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veeam\u00ae Software,<\/a> the innovative provider of solutions that deliver <em>Availability for the Always-On Enterprise\u2122<\/em>, today announced that it has appointed Peter C. McKay, most recently Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas with VMware, as its President and Chief Operating Officer and promoted William H. Largent, currently Executive Vice President, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Veeam co-founders and Directors, Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov, will remain strategic to the company, playing active roles focusing on market strategy and new product development.\u00a0 The appointments will add further depth to an already accomplished executive lineup and come as Veeam continues to enable enterprises to deliver 24.7.365 Availability, expand into Enterprise market segments and continue double-digit revenue growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the appointments of Peter and Bill, we are adding depth, experience and talent to our already world-class executive team.\u00a0 Peter and Bill are seasoned leaders with complimentary skill-sets; they will be instrumental in helping Veeam to continue on its steep growth trajectory,\u201d said Mr. Timashev. \u201cPeter will also join our Board of Directors and serve along with Andrei, Bill and myself. By attracting executive talent such as Peter, Veeam is sending a clear signal to the market that we are a leader and we\u2019ve only scratched the surface of our potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As President and COO, Mr. McKay will report directly to Mr. Largent and will be responsible for sales, sales operations, marketing, finance and human resources. \u00a0Prior to Veeam, Mr. McKay held a number of senior leadership roles within VMware&#8217;s Americas organization. He joined VMware as Vice President Sales, End User Computing, Americas, and from this position, he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer for the Americas, responsible for optimizing the alignment and integration of all go-to-market functions, then to Senior Vice President, Americas Enterprise, and then ultimately to Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas.\u00a0 Mr. McKay joined VMware through the acquisition of Desktone where he was President and CEO from 2010 to October 2013.\u00a0 Prior to Desktone Mr. McKay was President and CEO of two other successful venture backed companies; Watchfire, a security solutions provider (acquired by IBM in 2007) from 2001 to July 2008 and eCredit (acquired by Internet Capital Group) from 1998 to 2001.\u00a0 Mr. McKay also served as \u201cExecutive-in-Residence\u201d at Insight Venture Partners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigital Transformation, cloud, social technologies and users\u2019 insatiable appetite for Always-On access to critical data and applications is changing the way enterprises conduct business,\u201d said Mr. McKay.\u00a0 \u201cWe are at the cusp of a major digital revolution and as enterprises look to harness the power of the cloud and keep pace with changing user demands, 24.7.365 Availability is no longer an after-thought; today, it is a strategic priority.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I am here.\u00a0 Veeam has always been a company synonymous with innovation and customer satisfaction.\u00a0 Not many companies are as exciting as Veeam, and I am honored to be joining the team and helping steer it to the next stage of its growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As CEO, Mr. Largent will report directly to Veeam\u2019s Board of Directors and will oversee Veeam\u2019s strategic and financial direction.\u00a0 Mr. Largent has been part of Veeam\u2019s growth since its inception in 2006, and has more than 30 years of operations and leadership experience in growth companies. Prior to joining Veeam, Mr. Largent was CEO of Applied Innovation, Inc., a public company previously traded on the NASDAQ \u2013 National Market System.\u00a0 Mr. Largent also worked with other members of the Veeam executive team at Aelita Software where he was Chief Operating and Financial Officer. Prior to Aelita, Mr. Largent was CFO of Plug Power where he managed the company\u2019s initial public offering with Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. as lead underwriter, raising more than $150 million in equity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have spent my entire career building businesses, but Veeam is special,\u201d commented Mr. Largent. \u201cSince the company started in 2006, we\u2019ve always been at the cutting edge of innovation and have been disrupting status quo thinking.\u00a0 Our first product was free and within a very short period of time, every virtualization admin knew us!\u00a0 We\u2019ve continued in that disruptive, innovative vein and as we look to the future, our focus is on empowering enterprises to deliver 24.7.365 Availability and leverage the potential of today\u2019s digital economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Largent is in the process of relocating to Veeam\u2019s global headquarters in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veeam.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.veeam.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15124,"template":"","news_categories":[154],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Veeam Appoints Peter McKay as President and COO; 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