Cohesity Appoints Matthew Johnston as Senior Director of Partner Sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan
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Cohesity said it has appointed Matthew Johnston as senior director of partner sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan.
Johnston will oversee the APJ region's partner and channel go-to-market strategy and the growth of the Cohesity Aspire Partner Program.
He will lead sales in line with increased investment to strengthen the APJ partner ecosystem and the push for a new partner GTM program.
Cohesity said it has appointed Matthew Johnston as senior director of partner sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan to expand its partner and channel business in the APJ region.
In his new role, Johnston will oversee the APJ region's partner and channel go-to-market strategy and will drive growth through the Cohesity Aspire Partner Program.
The company said the appointment comes amid increased investment to strengthen the partner ecosystem in the APJ region.
Johnston will report to Peter Hanna, Cohesity's vice president and general manager for APJ, and will lead the delivery of data resilience and security solutions across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, ASEAN, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Cohesity said it is pushing ahead with a new partner GTM program and expanded partnership plans. The goal is to address customers' most urgent cyber resilience challenges.
Against this backdrop, Johnston has been named senior director of partner sales for Cohesity in Asia-Pacific and Japan. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience across the pan-Asia-Pacific region. Most recently, he served as CRO at Odaseva, where he oversaw global sales, marketing, business development, solution engineering, and alliances. Before that, he held senior regional leadership roles at VMware, Commvault, Dell Software, and Quest Software.
Johnston said the business importance of data is rising even as exposure to risk increases. He expressed his commitment to strengthening the data resilience and security posture of joint customers through strategic collaboration with partners. He also said he wants to build on Cohesity's market leadership momentum in APJ.
Johnston explained that as the adoption of agentic AI accelerates, the ability to protect data that supports critical business workflows is becoming even more important. He added that this capability is essential for maintaining security, compliance, and efficient operations.
Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408432
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