John Jester
As Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), John leads Veeam’s go-to-market growth strategy and builds upon Veeam’s position as the #1 provider of Modern Data Protection solutions spanning Cloud, Virtual, Physical, Hybrid, SaaS and Kubernetes.
Prior to Veeam, John spent three years at Google Cloud as VP of Customer Experience, responsible for ensuring customers adopt and realize value from Google Cloud. This included global leadership of Professional Services, Customer Success, Customer Support, Training, Cloud Certifications, and Customer Engagement through the Executive Briefing Center and Customer Advisory Boards.
Prior to Google, John spent 20 years at Microsoft in numerous roles, including Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Customer Success, where he established a new organization to drive adoption of Microsoft's cloud services, Vice President Worldwide Specialist Sales, where he led enterprise specialist sales across the full suite of enterprise cloud services, including the transformation of the sales force to a cloud/subscription model, General Manager of Global Accounts with responsibility for Microsoft’s top 100 enterprise customers, General Manager of the UK Enterprise Business, and General Manager of the America’s Incubation Business to drive sales of the company’s new and acquired products.
John attended George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in business administration. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife Kelly, and their two daughters. In his spare time, John enjoys golfing, cycling, and sports car racing.
