Dan Havens will cultivate existing relationships and
accelerate adoption of Acronis cyber protection solutions across
the enterprises in the Global 2000.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 27 June 2018- Acronis, a global leader in cyber
protection currently celebrating its 15-year anniversary, announced it
appointed Dan Havens as its Chief Growth Officer (CGO) to
accelerate the adoption of Acronis' cyber protection solutions
across the enterprises in the Global 2000. Havens replaced Larent
Dedenis, who will be leading a blockchain
Platform-as-a-Servicetechnology startup Chainstack, a yet another Acronis'
spinoff.
In this role, Havens will be responsible for all strategic and
enterprise engagements, including strategic partnerships in
motorsportand expanding
Acronis footprint in the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and
datacenter industries.
Havens brings over 25 years of experience in building software
companies having spent the last 12 years specifically in the cloud
space. Prior to joining Acronis, Havens helped build and sell
numerous start-ups while running the cloud business for Hewlett
Packard Enterprise (HPE) where he carried a billion-dollar quota.
Prior to HPE, Havens held the position of VP of Worldwide Sales
at Odin (Parallels), where he built out the capacity and lead the
expansion of the Odin Automation Cloud Platform beyond the
traditional hosting space. These efforts resulted in record growth
for the company.
"Acronis has the pillars within its portfolio to address the
biggest challenges facing corporate IT today. The shear amount of
data being produced and the requirement to protect, defend and
drive value from this data has become a monumental challenge to
corporate IT. It is now Dan Havens' responsibility to prove it,"
said Jan-Jaap Jager, Chief Revenue Officer at Acronis.
Havens has been a featured speaker and evangelist on digital
transformation, hybrid cloud and IoT strategies and is a paid
advisor to companies on these topics.
Havens began his career as a Product Manager and Public Speaker
for the Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group and holds a BS in
Engineering with Minors in Math, Physics, and Speech.
Acronis is currently celebrating its 15-year anniversary. To see
the company's history, please visit https://15.acronis.com/
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.