Ted MacLean CMO, Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Inc. announced that Ted MacLean, formerly of Microsoft, has joined the company as its CMO.

He will report to Iron Mountain president and CEO William L. Meaney.

 In this newly-created role, he will be responsible for enabling the growth of the company’s business units as the head of global commercial organization, which centralizes marketing, product management, customer insights, sales operations, sales enablement and revenue management.

“Ted is a dynamic leader with a track record for driving revenue and creating value for large businesses like ours,” said Meaney. “Ted will be a strong partner to our P&L owners because he has been in their shoes and understands firsthand the support they need to succeed. In Ted, we see an executive who is not only capable of leading our commercial marketing organization, but someone who is capable of making our overall business stronger.”

MacLean comes to Iron Mountain from Microsoft, where he held multiple customer and partner-facing GM roles with P&L responsibilities for large business units and geographies. Most recently he served as GM for Microsoft’s new business efforts in emerging markets, driving significant revenue and customer engagement results. In prior roles, he developed and led organizations focused on global patent licensing programs, channel development and enterprise sales and marketing. He was recruited to Microsoft from his role as the CEO of an insurance underwriting software company that was a partner firm to Microsoft.

“I’m thrilled to join Iron Mountain and lead its global marketing initiatives,” said MacLean. “Iron Mountain has a powerful reputation for trust and security, coupled with an unmatched ability to store and protect the world’s most critical information. The company’s strong brand, outstanding people and breadth of opportunities to expand into new markets and businesses for the benefit of its customers and partners, make me excited to be a part of the company’s future success.“

MacLean previously held roles at management consultancies AT Kearney and KPMG, and spent his early career in Japan.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College.