Jamie Humphrey as Country Manager and GM Australia and New Zealand, Rubrik

Rubrik, Inc. appointed Jamie Humphrey as country manager and GM for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ).

In this role, he will be responsible all aspect of go-to-market for driving firm’s further expansion into these countries.

He takes on the A/NZ role following the move by former country manager Luke McGoldrick to account executive for alliances.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Humphrey will report to VP AsiaPac and Japan, Kamal Brar.

“As we further accelerate our growth and investment in A/NZ region, Jamie will be focused on expanding our presence to serve our customers on the journey to hybrid cloud,” said Brar. “The A/NZ market has some of the most innovative customers and partners that are rapidly changing their cloud data management strategies to address business needs relating to multi-cloud governance, security and orchestration, all areas where Rubrik continues to accelerate time to value. I’m excited to have Jamie lead our next phase of growth and work closely with Luke and team.”.

Jamie Humphrey joins Rubrik from enterprise cloud computing company Nutanix where he most recently managed the A/NZ operations. He previously held the role of OEM alliances leader, AsiaPac and Japan at Nutanix. He has also held management roles at DataCore Software and Dell and originally joined the IT vendor community following a spell in IT at Queensland Health.

“Australian and New Zealand enterprises are accelerating their adoption of cloud and many not only struggle to handle the massive amounts of data they now store in their clouds, but are lost as to how they can keep business running amid a crisis or shutdown, including during cyber breaches,” he said. “I look forward to working with Luke, Kamal and the team to help these organisations optimise their cloud transformations through safe and simple management of, and access to, their data.”