John Abel SVP and CIO, Veritas

Veritas Technologies LLC announced that John Abel has joined the company as senior VP and CIO, reporting to CEO Greg Hughes.

He is a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience enabling growth and driving business value at global organizations, utilizing cloud technologies.

He replaces Todd Hauschildt, who is retiring from the company.

“John’s experience in the industry coupled with his strength for business partnership and building high performing teams makes him an ideal choice to drive our information technology strategy,” said Hughes.

Abel joins Veritas from Ellie Mae, the cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, where he also served as SVP and CIO. Prior to Ellie Mae, Abel spent eight years at Hitachi Data Systems as SVP of information technology, where he consolidated multiple ERPs and led a transformational CRM strategy enabling growth in the company.

Before joining Hitachi Data Systems, he held an IT leadership role at Symantec shortly after it had acquired Veritas. Earlier in his career, he spent time with JDSU and with KPMG Consulting, serving global clients in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America.
 
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, from Staffordshire University in the UK and attended the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth’s Executive Development Program.