{"id":16861,"date":"2017-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soundpr.it\/post_news\/veeam-nomina-peter-mckay-e-andrei-baronov-co-ceo\/"},"modified":"2017-05-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T22:00:00","slug":"veeam-nomina-peter-mckay-e-andrei-baronov-co-ceo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.soundpr.it\/en\/news\/veeam-nomina-peter-mckay-e-andrei-baronov-co-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Veeam Promotes Peter McKay and Andrei Baronov to Co-CEO roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the company targeting growth in the Enterprise and Cloud segments, as well as\u00a0<\/em>aggressively expanding its operations globally, Veeam realigns its executive roster to <\/em>provide the foundation for continued success; reaffirms its goal of $1B in revenue by 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

May 18 2017:\u00a0 <\/strong>Veeam\u00ae Software,<\/a> the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise\u2122<\/em>, today announced that it has promoted President & COO and member of the Board of Directors, Peter McKay, and co-founder, member of the Board of Directors and CTO, Andrei Baronov, to the position of Co-CEOs. \u00a0Current CEO and member of the Board of Directors, William H. Largent, will take on a new role as Chairman of the Finance & Compensation Committees. Veeam co-founder and Director, Ratmir Timashev, continues in his existing role.<\/p>\n

These executive changes add extra focus and strength to help the company continue its rapid expansion into the Enterprise and Cloud segments and enable it to accelerate growth into the Americas and APJ markets. \u00a0Also, Veeam reaffirms its goal of becoming $1B in revenue company by 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince starting operations in 2006, Veeam\u2019s growth has been meteoric,\u201d said William H. Largent, Chairman of the Finance & Compensation Committees at Veeam. \u201cWe have bold plans for Veeam\u2019s future. Our vision of enabling any business to deliver the Digital Life experience customers expect means that we need to continue to be aggressive and customer focused, building on our growth trajectory. \u00a0These new assignments will help to provide the foundation for continued expansion, and I am delighted that Peter and Andrei have accepted these new roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeter has a powerful track record as CEO of several successful startups as well as leadership positions in large established technology leaders like VMware and IBM, and has taken Veeam to the next level in the short 10 months since he joined last summer,\u201d added Ratmir Timashev, Co-Founder at Veeam.\u00a0 \u201cPeter has played a pivotal role in strengthening our GTM sales and marketing strategy and teams, and taking the company into Enterprise and Cloud segments.\u00a0 By stepping up and running the go-to-market side of the business, and teaming up with long-term co-founder [Andrei] and the visionary that drives our technology and solutions, we are providing a rock-solid platform for future growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Co-CEOs, Mr. McKay and Mr. Baronov will focus on key functional competencies and they, along with Mr. Largent and Mr. Timashev as members of the Board of Directors, will be responsible for optimizing the company\u2019s growth potential:<\/p>\n