Lawrence Wong SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Veritas

Veritas Technologies LLC recruited Lawrence Wong who joined the company as SVP and chief strategy officer.

In this newly-created role, he will partner with other Veritas leaders to develop and execute a comprehensive cloud strategy and will lead the company’s corporate growth strategy and acquisition efforts.

He will report to CEO Greg Hughes and will be a part of the Veritas Leadership Team.

“The enterprise is looking for guidance on how to navigate today’s digitally complex world, and the need for a trusted partner to help them on their journey to the cloud is more important than ever,” said Hughes. “Lawrence’s background as an accomplished IT transformation leader and strategist is a powerful addition to our executive team.”

Wong is a technology leader with decades of entrepreneurial and operational experience, helping organizations modernize their businesses and achieve their digital transformation goals. Most recently, he served as MD and member of the Global Leadership Council (GLC) at Accenture, where he ran the US West Cloud First business. In this role, he was responsible for helping enterprise clients accelerate innovation and move IT workloads to the cloud. He has previously held roles at McKinsey & Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as well as several enterprise software start-ups.

“Veritas is the known industry leader in data management and is well positioned to help enterprise customers address some of the biggest challenges they face today, like operating in increasingly fragmented and complex multi-cloud environments with unprecedented data growth,” he said. “I look forward to advancing Veritas’ cloud strategy at this important inflection point in the industry as we continue to help our customers modernize their approach to data management.“