As Chief Executive Officer and President, Sanjay Poonen leads Cohesity in its mission to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value.

Sanjay is a proven business executive with over 25 years of experience in scaling multi-billion dollar businesses and building strong teams. Most recently, Sanjay was COO at VMware, where he oversaw sales, marketing, services and alliances, doubling VMware from approximately $6B to $12B in revenue. Poonen played a vital role in architecting multiple successful cloud partnerships, including AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle. He also led the company’s security and end-user computing businesses, including the acquisition of AirWatch and Carbon Black. Prior to VMware, Poonen served as President of SAP where he led SAP’s Applications, Industries and Platform teams, serving in engineering and sales roles that helped double SAP from approximately $10B to $20B in revenue.

He began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft and Apple. Sanjay has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated a Baker Scholar which designates his position in the top 5% of his graduating class, a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, math and engineering from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Sanjay holds two patents. Poonen serves on the Supervisory Board of Philips, and Board of Snyk.

Juan Perez is EVP and CIO at Salesforce. He is responsible for the global IT team, driving digital strategy, and the technical integration of newly acquired companies. Juan also partners closely with customers to advise on their digital transformations.

Juan joined Salesforce in 2022 from UPS where he was CIO and Engineering Officer and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Juan was a key part of UPS’ adoption of new technologies, including AI, virtual assistants, and virtual reality solutions for driver training.

Juan has been named a Top Latino Leader by the Council for Latino Workplace Equity, received the Distinguished Mexican award from the Mexican government, and received the Forbes CIO Innovation Award for his work on UPS’ Global Smart Logistics Network.

Juan is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and serves as a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). He also serves on the board of Hershey and the advisory boards for the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at UPS and the School of Business at Georgia Tech. Juan holds a B.A. in industrial and systems engineering and an M.A. in computer and manufacturing engineering from the University of Southern California.

Marcos Marrero is the Chief Information Security Officer at H.I.G. Capital, a private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $45 billion of equity capital under management.

Marcos has over 20 years of experience establishing and managing IT risk and information security programs. Prior to H.I.G. Capital, he served as Vice President and Information Security Officer at Itaú International, the private banking arm of Itaú Unibanco, where he was responsible for the organizations' Caribbean, South American, and Florida information security programs. Previously, he served as an Information Security Consultant at Turnberry and Mercantil Bank, IT Risk and Information Security Manager at Greenspoon Marder, Information Security Officer at Greenberg Traurig, and held several senior security positions at Lloyds Banking Group, establishing the bank's first IT Risk & Information Security program.

He is a member of Aphinia, a private community of CISOs and other senior cybersecurity executives, and is Co-Chair of Global CISO Events and Florida CIO & CISO Events for Evanta. He is also a certified CISSP.

Brian brings 20 years of experience managing IT and cybersecurity organizations within high-growth companies, while also providing consulting services for large, globally dispersed blue-chip enterprises. His leadership is pivotal in advancing core business operations, accelerating digital transformations, and building cybersecurity protocols that secure company, customer, and employee data. Prior to Cohesity, Brian managed Risk and Information Protection at Splunk, leading and rapidly expanding the organization responsible for managing cyber risk across the company. Brian’s prior roles also include leading the digital transformation of core business functions for McKesson and Grainger. Brian holds a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado.

Ron Nixon is the Field CISO, Federal at Cohesity. He has extensive experience in senior technical management and CTO roles. At General Dynamics Information Technology, he managed the defense cybersecurity program and supported over 200 programs. At CSRA and NES Associates, he supported customer enterprises for commercial, defense, and government markets. Ron also held various positions while serving the United States Army for 23 years, including CTO/Senior Warrant for Operations at Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER).

Josh Haley is an evangelist, consultant and expert strategic & technical resource focused on enterprise technologies. He has over 20 years in Fortune 500 information technology where he has helped organizations embrace change and align to maximizing and optimizing technology investments to meet business demands while reducing risk. His current focus is on technology transformation and enablement of next generation technologies to increase business agility, security, efficiency and lower operational cost. Josh has held multiple expert technology roles focusing on data center infrastructure and application architectures.

Josh is a proud supporter of our troops and the Wounded Warrior Project as well as the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In his spare time, you'll find Josh fishing (ocean, lake or river), in the water (scuba diving, boating or kayaking), playing with gadgets (drones, virtual reality, home automation, gaming), reading sci-fi/fantasy fiction or whipping up something interesting on the grill or in the kitchen for the family.

Tonya Chin joined Cohesity in March 2022 and currently serves as the Group Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. She brings over two decades of experience in the technology industry, sharing corporate insights and narratives with internal and external constituents. Chin leads the company’s global communications functions and is responsible for promoting the overall reputation of Cohesity. Her responsibilities include media relations, industry analyst relations, employee communications, social media and investor relations. Prior to Cohesity, Chin was responsible for Communications, Corporate Marketing and Investor Relations at Nutanix. She also held leadership positions at Aruba Networks, Solectron, and Ernst and Young. Tonya holds a bachelor of science degree from Santa Clara University.