Commvault Promotes Owen Taraniuk

Commvault has appointed Owen Taraniuk to Head of Worldwide Partnerships and Market Development. In this new position, Taraniuk will be responsible for leading the creation and execution of Commvault’s global go-to-market (GTM) strategy and indirect partnerships.

Taraniuk’s 25 years of experience in the technology solutions industry ideally positions him for this new role. His experience includes senior leadership roles for multi-national organizations across EMEA and APJ, including Kofax. Open Text Corporation, Groupe Inova, ABS Group and Dun & Bradstreet Software.

“Owen’s appointment signals a strategic shift towards being partner-led with a focus on increasing our investment in alliance and partner relationships whose role in growing and scaling Commvault’s global business is critical in our future plan,” said Ron Miiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Commvault. “His impeccable track record of success in aligning internal and external teams and his go-to-market thought leadership naturally positions him to drive and elevate our worldwide partner and alliance program to new heights.”

Taraniuk and the Worldwide Partnerships and Market Development team will work closely with Commvault’s Solutions Groups and Marketing to jointly align and drive existing and new solutions to market.

“I am excited to be leading this initiative to greatly extend Commvault’s global footprint together with partners and customers by aligning our tremendous innovation and leadership in data protection with world-class offerings from leading organizations,” explained Taraniuk. “I am grateful for the strong vote of confidence from Ron and Commvault’s executive team and look forward to driving new opportunities for growth and revenue with our current and potential partners, through ease of experience and winning solutions. As we continue to deliver customers the industry’s best data protection offerings for on-premise, hybrid and multi-cloud environments, we are also deepening and expanding our partner relationships, accelerating Commvault’s growth and helping our partners expand their opportunities for revenue as well.”