Kamal Brar VP of AsiaPac and Japan, Rubrik

Rubrik, Inc. appointed Kamal Brar as VP of AsiaPac and Japan.

He will be responsible for driving Asia operations.

Based in Singapore, he will report to chief revenue officer Brett Shirk.

“Kamal has successfully led some of the most disruptive technology companies across AsiaPac and we’re excited to have him join Rubrik,” said Shirk. “His passion for software and building high-performance teams will drive short and long term success as he scales our business in the region.“

Rubrik has quickly grown from its founding in 2014; earlier this year it raised a $261 million Series E funding round at a $3.3 billion valuation. As data and applications proliferate in the enterprise, its unified platform is positioned to provide customers with the ability to secure and control their data wherever it resides.

“I am excited to join this dynamic organisation that has succeeded in becoming one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies ever,” said Brar. “Rubrik has a unique opportunity to engage enterprises across the AsiaPac region that are undergoing digital transformation initiatives and adopting hybrid cloud models. I look forward to helping customers leverage their data to gain a competitive advantage using Rubrik’s solutions to manage, govern and orchestrate data across on-premise and cloud environments.“

Brar joins Rubrik from Hortonworks, where he led its business in APAC and the Middle East. Prior to that, he served as SVP of APAC at Talend where he launched its APAC operations. He also brings NoSQL to knowledge having led the APAC business at MongoDB. Additionally, he has held leadership positions at Oracle, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and MySQL.