Michael Rau

Michael Rau joins as Vice President of Worldwide Partners, reporting directly to Veeam CRO John Jester, and as a member of the Worldwide Sales Leadership team. Michael will lead Veeam’s global partner business, focusing on developing consistent programs, incentives, and solutions across distribution, resell, SaaS, services, and strategic alliances. He will also oversee Veeam’s most critical partnerships, including HPE, Lenovo, Pure Storage, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, TCS, and Kyndryl. With nearly a decade at F5 and senior roles at Cisco, Michael brings deep technical and partnership expertise that will further differentiate Veeam’s offerings and unlock even greater value for partners.