Dan Havens Chief Growth Officer, Acronis

Acronis International GmbH appointed Dan Havens as its chief growth officer (CGO) to accelerate the adoption of its cyber protection solutions across the enterprises in the Global 2000.

He replaced Laurent Dedenis, who will be leading a blockchain Platform-as-a-Service technology start-up Chainstack, a yet another Acronis’ spinoff.
 
In this role, Havens will be responsible for all strategic and enterprise engagements, including strategic partnerships in motorsport and expanding Acronis footprint in the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and datacenter industries.
 
He brings over 25 years of experience in building software companies having spent the last 12 years specifically in the cloud space. Prior to joining Acronis, he helped build and sell numerous start-ups while running the cloud business for HPE where he carried a billion-dollar quota.
 
Prior to HPE, he held the position of VP of WW sales at Odin (Parallels), where he built out the capacity and lead the expansion of the Odin Automation Cloud Platform beyond the traditional hosting space. These efforts resulted in record growth for the company.
 
“Acronis has the pillars within its portfolio to address the biggest challenges facing corporate IT today. The sheer amount of data being produced and the requirement to protect, defend and drive value from this data has become a monumental challenge to corporate IT. It is now Dan Havens’ responsibility to prove it,” said Jan-Jaap Jager, chief revenue officer, Acronis.
 
Havens has been a featured speaker and evangelist on digital transformation, hybrid cloud and IoT strategies and is a paid advisor to companies on these topics.  
 
He began his career as a product manager and public speaker for the Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group and holds a BS in Engineering with Minors in Math, Physics, and Speech.
 
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