Commvault Systems, Inc. Announces Executive Appointments

Published: 2025-07-08 09:50:39 ET CVLT

Published on 07/08/2025 at 09:50

Commvault Systems, Inc. announced Alan Atkinson has become the company's first Chief Business Development Officer. In this new role, he will build strategic next-gen technology and security partnerships, drive co-development initiatives, and create new go-to-market opportunities for Commvault and its partners, all within the Business Development organization led by Chief Trust Officer Danielle Sheer. With this transition, Commvault has recruited a new dynamic partner leader, Michelle Graff, as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and Channel.

In her role, Graff will lead Commvault's global partner strategy and ecosystem, overseeing partner sales, resellers and alliances, and the vision and execution of the company's partner programs. She will focus on advancing growth and co-innovation with partners and delivering differentiated cloud and AI-forward solutions to customers. Graff brings more than 25 years of deep partner experience to Commvault. Prior to Commvault, she served as Vice President of Global Channel Sales and Alliances at Securiti.ai, where she was instrumental in creating and scaling the company's indirect revenue engine.

Prior to that, Graff held leadership roles at various security, technology, and storage companies, including HashiCorp, Pure Storage, and Palo Alto Networks.