Rubrik Appoints Chairman Emeritus of Cisco John Chambers as Advisor to the Board of Directors
Avon Puri, former VMware VP, also appointed Chief Information Officer
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Rubrik, the Cloud Data Management Company, today announced two executive appointments. John Chambers, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of Cisco, has joined Rubrik as a Board Advisor and personally invested in the company. Avon Puri, former VMware Vice President of Business Applications, has been appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO).
"The shift to Cloud has been one of the most disruptive market transitions of the Digital Age, impacting the entire technology industry. In just four years, Rubrik has gone from a startup to an industry leader in helping enterprises tackle the challenges of managing and using their data in the Cloud era," said John Chambers, founder and CEO of purpose-driven firm JC2 Ventures and Chairman Emeritus of Cisco Systems. "When I talk to Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha about his vision for growing and scaling Rubrik, I have no doubt that the company is on its way to becoming a multibillion dollar business."
During his 25-year tenure at Cisco, Chambers helped grow the company from $70 million to $47 billion when he stepped down as CEO in 2015. He has received numerous awards for his leadership, including being named by Harvard Business Review as one of the "Best-Performing CEOs in the World" and receiving the Edison Achievement Award for Innovation in 2016. In January 2018, Chambers launched JC2 Ventures to invest in companies across categories and geographies that are leading market transitions. As CEO of JC2, he focuses on helping disruptive startups from around the world build and scale.
"John's ability to identify market transitions and capitalize on them to maximum effect has made him a go-to advisor for world leaders," said Bipul Sinha, Co-founder and CEO, Rubrik. "Today, the cloud is transforming every industry, helping businesses to run faster, smarter and more efficiently. Rubrik expands this opportunity by enabling enterprises to liberate their data from legacy infrastructure and fully realize cloud agility and economics. We are thrilled to add John and Avon to our team as we continue to aggressively scale our business globally."
Prior to Rubrik, Puri led Business Applications at VMware, an industry-leading virtualization software company. In this role, he drove IT transformation across People, Process and Technology areas for nimble and agile delivery, among other strategic initiatives. Puri brings 20+ years of experience to Rubrik and has previously served in IT leadership positions at Franklin Templeton Investments and Deloitte.
"Digital transformation initiatives create new opportunities and challenges, such as the adoption of a multi-cloud model and massive data proliferation across environments," said Avon Puri, CIO, Rubrik. "CIOs need infrastructure flexibility and a comprehensive platform that can manage all of their data, no matter where it resides. Rubrik has redefined the data protection industry and shifted the perception of what's possible."
These appointments come at a time when Rubrik is experiencing unprecedented growth. Founded in 2014, the company has grown to more than 1,200 employees across six continents and delivered 14 major product releases. In early 2018, the company announced a bookings run rate approaching $300 million. In 2018, Rubrik made a number of strategic hires to support its record growth, including: Chief Financial Officer Murray Demo, Chief Legal Officer Peter McGoff, Chief People Officer Jeff Vijungco, and SVP of Product & Strategy Shay Mowlem. Rubrik also recently added Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson to its Board of Directors.
About Rubrik
Rubrik delivers a single platform to manage and protect data in the cloud, at the edge, and on-premises. Enterprises choose Rubrik's Cloud Data Management software to simplify backup and recovery, accelerate cloud adoption, and enable automation at scale. Rubrik's run-anywhere, scale-out architecture is built to empower IT departments today, and in the future, reducing total cost of ownership while enabling infrastructure flexibility for a multi-cloud world. For more information, visit http://www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on Twitter.
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