Commvault, a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive, the cloud and data management across any hybrid environment, today announced the appointments of two new executives to its global partner program by naming Rick Fairweather as Vice President of Americas Channels and Mark Fong as Vice President of Asia Pacific Channels and Alliances.

As Vice President of Americas Channels, Fairweather will be responsible for Commvault's ecosystem of resellers and distributors throughout North and South America.  He comes to Commvault from Veritas where he served as the VP of the Americas Partner Organization. Prior to Veritas, he spent 22 years in various sales and channel leadership roles at Cisco.  

In Fong's new role with Commvault, he will be responsible for Commvault's ecosystem of resellers, distributors and alliance partners throughout the Asia Pacific region. Fong comes to Commvault from Equinix where he led channel and alliance sales throughout the Asia Pacific and Japan regions. Prior to Equinix, he has had leadership roles in both channel and direct selling capacities within Asia Pacific at Progress Software, Symantec, Oracle, and Microsoft.  

Fairweather and Fong will focus on delivering innovative programs that help channel partners differentiate Commvault's solutions in the market and deliver value to their customers, while helping Commvault drive growth across the company's solution portfolio.

The appointment of Fairweather and Fong into their roles is the latest in a string of new executives joining Commvault's partner and alliances organization. As an example, the company recently named Wenceslao Lada as Vice President, Worldwide Alliances.

"Senior executive leaders with proven experience are joining Commvault to drive our partner-led strategy at Commvault," said Owen Taraniuk, Head of Worldwide Partnerships and Market Development, Commvault. "These newest leaders demonstrate Commvault's continued commitment to partners and is yet another indicator of how the company is working to be the partner of choice for our growing ecosystem."