Druva Appoints Scott Morris as Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan

Cloud Data Protection and Management company Druva has announced the appointment of Scott Morris as VP of Sales for APJ Region. Morris will lead the development and execution of strategic go-to-market plans. His responsibilities will also include creating revenue opportunities and delivering customer satisfaction. With his appointment, the company aims to further accelerate growth in the region.

Chris White, CRO, Druva states, “Cloud is quickly becoming the platform of choice for businesses in APJ. IT leaders seek out solutions capable of meeting their business, performance and budgetary needs at scale. With his extensive domain experience, proven and diverse sales background, Scott is the right person to lead our team. He will help our customers meet this moment. I have no doubt his depth and understanding will help Druva sustain and accelerate the momentum we’ve built over the last two years.”

About Scott Morris

Working from Singapore, Morris joins Druva with more than 25 years of experience. He has lead sales and channel programs at companies including HPE, SimpliVity, NetApp, and Dell. Most recently, Morris served as the VP-GM for Asia-Pacific at HPE. There he was responsible for all indirect routes to market. This included distribution, reseller partners, service providers, OEM partners, ISV alliance partners. He also handled the global systems integrator firms and inside sales in the region. During his three years there, Morris led a team that regularly exceeded revenue targets. On the other hand, he streamlined the routes to market. He also enhanced a rewards program that better recognized high-performing partners.

“The value of data has never been more clear. Businesses need partners that can not only help unlock the value of data, but manage, protect, and ensure compliance all at the same time,” states Morris.

“Druva’s proven platform has an extensive portfolio of 4,000 customers. Its industry leadership make it an incredibly compelling solution to those currently expediting digital transformation initiatives. I look forward to working with the entire Druva team, rapidly developing our channels go-to-market and helping even more organizations realize the power of their data through data protection truly designed for the cloud era.”

Rapid cloud adoption and a demand for improved business agility have propelled Druva’s growth in APJ, resulting in its data centre workload revenue growing more than 100% in the last 12 months, as of September 2020. With Asia-Pacific expected to have the highest revenue growth rate for cloud system and service management software between 2020-2024 according to a recent report from IDC, cloud adoption is set to dramatically increase in the coming years.