SaaS Backup and Recovery Vendor Metallic Gets New GM
Seven months after being created, Metallic hires a GM to lead its growth around the world.
June 2, 2020
HyperGrid’s former CEO is now the new general manager of SaaS backup and recovery vendor Metallic.
Manoj Nair, who also previously was a cloud executive at Hewlett Packard, arrives to drive growth at Metallic. Expect Nair to help expand the company globally, including an immediate launch into Canada. At HP, he was a general manager and VP of product management for converged cloud products.
Metallic’s Manoj Nair
Metallic, a division of Commvault, was created in October of 2019 as Commvault’s SaaS-based data backup and recovery vendor. Nair replaces Rob Kaloustian, a 20-year Commvault veteran, who was Metallic’s first general manager. We could not reach Kaloustian for comment about his departure.
Nair told Channel Futures he’s excited about working to help Metallic reach the next level of its SaaS backup mission. Nair will report to Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani, who took over as president and CEO in February 2019.
“Our goal is to now take this globally after Metallic originally launched in the U.S.,” said Nair. “As part of that global launch, it is now available in Canada.”
Metallic kicked off with a soft launch last October with the debut of SaaS-based data protection services. Commvault created Metallic to offer SaaS backup and recovery services, only through the channel, for midsize organizations.
As a co-founder of HyperGrid, a cloud management platform, it was the right time to leave that company, said Nair.