Tony Evans VP of Business Development and North America Sales, Overland-Tandberg

Overland-Tandberg, acquired by Silicon Valley Technology Partners for $45 million last year,, announced that Silicon Valley global technology veteran, Tony Evans, has been appointed VP of business development and North America sales.

“I’m excited to have Tony join the executive leadership team of Overland-Tandberg. He brings tremendous industry experience with more than 20 years successfully leading high-performance teams and accelerating companies’ strategic growth objectives. Tony will be reporting to me and will be responsible for leading the development of strategic business initiatives and the North America sales team,” said Eric Kelly, chairman and CEO.

“I am thrilled to join the Overland-Tandberg team with its focus on helping clients implement Hybrid Cloud with industry-leading products and partnerships through an innovative business model. Overland-Tandberg is revolutionizing data protection and BC. I’m excited to join a company leveraging global intellect and innovation around the world,” says Evans.

Prior to joining Overland-Tandberg, he leveraged his expertise assisting early to late stage privately funded high-velocity portfolio companies’ positions, selling and delivering business value and outcomes derived from their technology. He served in a variety of different global sales, go-to-market and business development leadership positions.

He also brings experience with some of technology infrastructure companies, more recently operating as MD and VP of global financial services for Juniper Networks and other such as Cisco, IBM and HPE.