Cohesity has appointed Matthew Johnston as senior director of partner sales for Asia Pacific and Japan to oversee the company's regional channel strategy, as first reported by Arn Net.
Based in Perth, Johnston will report to Peter Hanna, the vice president of sales and general manager for the region. His primary responsibilities include driving the delivery of data resilience and security solutions across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Johnston will focus on expanding go-to-market partner programs to address increasing customer demand for cyber resilience.
With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Johnston previously served as chief revenue officer at the data platform Odaseva. He also held senior roles at VMware, Commvault, Dell Software and Quest Software. The company stated that this appointment highlights its ongoing investment in the regional partner ecosystem as organizations prioritize data security during digital transformation.
Johnston noted that as agentic artificial intelligence deployment accelerates, protecting the data that drives business-critical workflows will become essential for maintaining secure and efficient operations. His expertise is expected to strengthen Cohesity’s market position by deepening relationships with significant multinational partners across the region.
Source: Arn Net
