Veeam CTO Danny Allan Exits: ‘I Am Excited For What Comes Next’

‘Next week I plan to spend some time snowboarding with my family and enjoying a short break. However, I am and always will be passionate about “technology for good,” as well as building technology and high performance teams. I am excited for what comes next, but today is a day of reflection and deep gratitude,’ says Danny Allan in his LinkedIn post announcing his departure from Veeam.

Danny Allan, a seven-year veteran at data protection and data management developer Veeam who served the last four years as the company’s chief technology officer, has left the company.

Allan on Friday unveiled his departure in a LinkedIn post in which he wrote, “Today marks the end of the most fulfilling chapter of my professional career.”

Taking over from Allan as acting CTO at Veeam is Dave Russell, vice president of enterprise strategy, a Veeam spokesperson told CRN via email.

That spokesperson, responding to a CRN request for further information, also shared a prepared statement from Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran who expressed thanks for Allan’s seven years at the Columbus, Ohio-based company.

“Danny has had an incredible impact on Veeam’s success over the past seven years – from developing our amazing product strategy organization, to helping build our strategic vision, serving as the critical bridge between strategy and our R&D teams, and of course being the trusted advisor to our customers, partners, analysts, media – and most importantly, our 5,000-strong Veeam team. I am deeply thankful to Danny for his work, his impact and his passion,” Eswaran said in the statement.

Allan, during his time at Veeam, helped oversee the integration of Kubernetes data protection developer Kasten, which Veeam acquired in 2020.

Allan, who took over as CTO at about the same time Veeam was acquired by Insight Partners in a $5-billion deal, did not respond to a CRN request for more information by press time.

However, in his LinkedIn post, Allan wrote that over the seven years he was at the company, revenue rose from under $500 million to now over triple that amount. The company also launched over a dozen new products for cloud, SaaS, and Kubernetes; pivoted from a perpetual license model to a subscription model, and has entered the backup-as-a-service business.

Allan also wrote that he is flexible in terms of future plans.

“Next week I plan to spend some time snowboarding with my family and enjoying a short break. However, I am and always will be passionate about “technology for good”, as well as building technology and high performance teams. I am excited for what comes next, but today is a day of reflection and deep gratitude,” he wrote.