Cohesity has named Richard Gadd as vice president and general manager, EMEA sales.
Gadd has more than 30 years of experience in technology sales and business development throughout Europe.
He will manage the company’s business and sales operations throughout the region.
Cohesity said in a press release that Gadd would play a key role in continuing to accelerate the rapid growth and adoption of the company’s multi-cloud data management solutions.
He joins Cohesity from Hitachi Vantara, where he served as senior vice president and general manager EMEA for five years. For two years before that, he was vice president and general manager for the UKI.
Before Hitachi Vantara, Gadd spent more than eight years in various senior leadership roles at EMC. He has previously held leadership and sales positions at Computacenter, Morse, and Xerox.
Gadd will report to Michael Cremen, chief revenue officer, Cohesity.
Gadd said: “I’m thrilled to join the team at Cohesity. The company’s multicloud data management platform is empowering organisations to radically simplify data management and bolster security postures at a time when businesses need to be fully prepared for all manner of attacks, disasters, and regulatory requirements.”
He said: “I’ve been working in the data infrastructure space for decades and am excited to bring this experience to Cohesity. I look forward to helping a rapidly growing set of customers and partners unlock limitless value from their data.”
