Alan Atkinson, a data protection industry veteran, has been named Chief Partner Officer at Commvault. Atkinson will report to Commvault’s Chief Revenue Officer, Riccardo Di Blasio.
Atkinson brings to Commvault a lot of cloud and data protection experience, having built the industry’s first, pre-eminent cloud service provider, led WysDM Software until it was acquired, and led technology strategy and commercial sales at Dell. Under his direction, Commvault will fortify its strategic alliances with cloud partners while also galvanizing and expanding its partner program.