# Anna Griffin

> Anna Griffin is Commvault’s Chief Market Officer, an award-winning brand strategist whose career has moved through agencies, networking, enterprise software, fintech, SaaS, and cyber resilience. Her operating idea is simple but demanding: marketing earns strategic influence when it starts with the market, connects product, sales, and customer insight, and turns technical complexity into a story people can use.

- **Role:** Chief Market Officer at Commvault
- **Organizations:** Commvault, Intercom, Smartsheet, IEX Group, CA Technologies, Juniper Networks, Nortel Networks, McKinney, marchFIRST, Volition Capital, CMO Huddles
- **Education:** B.S. in Business Administration, Marketing, East Carolina University - College of Business
- **Known for:** Golden Effie awards for marketing effectiveness, Edgar R. Murrow Award for social or digital media, 2018 Moves Magazine Power Woman

## Career timeline

- **Before 2009** — Held roles at marchFIRST, McKinney and Nortel Networks, and worked on campaigns and launches for brands including Apple, Sony, Saturn, Lands’ End, Bank of America and Royal Caribbean.
- **2009-2014** — Vice President of Global Marketing at Juniper Networks, leading marketing transformation and repositioning as the company moved from hardware toward enterprise network software and cloud solutions.
- **2014-2018** — Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at CA Technologies, where she led a global rebrand.
- **2018-2019** — Chief Marketing Officer at IEX Group.
- **2019-2021** — Chief Marketing Officer at Smartsheet.
- **2021-2022** — Chief Marketing Officer at Intercom.
- **2023-present** — Joined Commvault as Chief Marketing Officer; she now publicly uses the title Chief Market Officer, emphasizing market strategy over marketing activity.

## Achievements

- Golden Effie awards for marketing effectiveness
- Edgar R. Murrow Award for social or digital media
- 2018 Moves Magazine Power Woman
- Led CA Technologies’ global rebrand
- Led Juniper Networks marketing transformation and repositioning
- Built marketing programs for brands including Apple, Sony, Saturn and Lands’ End

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Commvault published an updated leadership portrait and biography for Griffin.
- **2026-04** — At RSAC 2026, Griffin discussed the convergence of cyber resilience and AI and explained her Chief Market Officer title.
- **2025-11** — Presented a SHIFT 2025 keynote on why point solutions fall short for AI-ready enterprises and the case for ResOps.
- **2025-07** — Appeared on The Marketing Problem podcast to discuss challenger thinking, strategic reframing, simplicity and cross-functional alignment.
- **2025-03** — Joined Writer CEO May Habib for a Commvault fireside chat on gender equality and accelerating action.

## Links

- Website: https://www.commvault.com/bios/leadership/anna-griffin
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annahgriffin

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