Cohesity appoints ex-VMware's Peter Hanna as APJ channel lead

US data backup and management company Cohesity has appointed Peter Hanna as its head of channels for Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ).

Based in Brisbane, Hanna will lead Cohesity’s channel sales and partner engagement in APJ, focusing on its AI-powered data security and management solutions.

Hanna brings over two decades of experience driving ICT sales, technology-led business transformation and go-to-market initiatives in the APJ and China region.

He most recently spent over a year as VMware's head of global customers for APJ and greater China, having previously served for over three years as its regional director of north and west Australia and Papua New Guinea.

“Cohesity’s leading AI-powered data security and management technology helps organisations better secure, manage and recover their data," Hanna said.

"These are exactly the capabilities organisations are looking for to combat ever-increasing cyber threats and that partners are looking to provide within their bespoke offerings."

“I am excited by the opportunity to lead Cohesity’s channel business for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region and I look forward to working with our partners, as together we help our joint customers acquire the Cohesity solutions that allow them to create or maintain cyber resilience.”

“Every organisation in the Asia-Pacific & Japan region faces the challenge of securing their data in a worsening cyber threat landscape and being able to recover rapidly if they fall victim to a cyberattack."

Prior to VMware Hanna spent over fourteen years at Dell EMC serving in a range of data storage sales leadership and technology strategy roles, including as VP of greater China storage and specialties.

"Cyber resilience is vital to answering this challenge and is only made possible by modern data security, management and recovery capabilities,” Cohesity's group VP for APJ Sanjay Rohatgi said.

“I am delighted to welcome Peter to Cohesity’s Asia-Pacific & Japan business, where he will be crucial to supercharging our partner community and engagement."

"We highly value our partners throughout the region and look forward to driving growth together, as we begin a new calendar year and the second half of fiscal 2024.”