# Ranga Rajagopalan

> Ranga Rajagopalan is Druva's Chief Products and Marketing Officer, an enterprise software executive whose career runs from engineering and product management to the combined ownership of product and market narrative. After roles at DSQ Software, HP, Symantec, Violin Memory, Veritas, Dell EMC, and Commvault, he joined Druva in 2023 and now frames backup less as infrastructure maintenance than as the route back to a working business after disruption.

- **Role:** Chief Products & Marketing Officer at Druva
- **Organizations:** Druva, Commvault, Dell EMC, Veritas Technologies, Violin Memory, Symantec, HP, DSQ Software
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Madras, Master of Science in Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, MBA in Marketing and General Management, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Built more than two decades of leadership experience across storage, data protection, disaster recovery, and enterprise SaaS., Led product management and user experience across Commvault's solution portfolio as Senior Vice President of Products., Managed strategy and roadmaps for Dell EMC data-protection appliances, including Data Domain and IDPA.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2019** — Held engineering and product roles across DSQ Software, HP, Symantec, Violin Memory, Veritas, and Dell EMC.
- **2018** — Served as Senior Director of Product Management for Dell EMC data-protection appliances, responsible for strategy and roadmaps including Data Domain and IDPA.
- **2019** — Joined Commvault as Vice President of Product Management, leading end-to-end software design services across its data-management and protection suite.
- **2021** — As Commvault Vice President of Products, discussed ransomware recovery and a cloud partnership that had moved more than 14 petabytes of backup data to AWS.
- **2023** — Joined Druva as Chief Marketing Officer, with a brief spanning market strategy, customer and partner advocacy, and demand.
- **2024** — Publicly listed as Druva's Chief Product & Marketing Officer, combining product and market responsibilities.
- **2025** — Authored Druva's announcement of an expanded Microsoft Azure relationship and represented the company in cloud data protection and cyber-recovery recognition announcements.
- **2026** — Represented Druva's product direction around a Dell PowerProtect Data Domain integration and enterprise AI resilience.

## Achievements

- Built more than two decades of leadership experience across storage, data protection, disaster recovery, and enterprise SaaS.
- Led product management and user experience across Commvault's solution portfolio as Senior Vice President of Products.
- Managed strategy and roadmaps for Dell EMC data-protection appliances, including Data Domain and IDPA.
- Helped drive product introductions, technology acquisitions, and strategic partnerships across his product-leadership career.
- Combined Druva's product and marketing leadership under one executive remit.
- Authored or fronted launches and company positions involving AI-assisted backup, Microsoft Azure, cyber recovery, and SaaS data protection.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — After meetings at Microsoft's Executive Briefing Center in Redmond, he wrote that Druva and Microsoft were aligning around AI resilience, agentic AI governance, platform engineering, and joint go-to-market work.
- **2026-07** — Druva introduced AI Resilience capabilities covering Microsoft Copilot, Claude Code, MCP-compatible assistants, and an SRE agent for backup reliability.
- **2026-05** — He announced a Druva integration with Dell PowerProtect Data Domain that combines local recovery with a SaaS control plane and an isolated cloud copy.
- **2025-10** — He represented Druva in announcements recognizing its cyber-recovery and cloud-data-protection capabilities, emphasizing clean recovery and built-in AI.
- **2025-03** — He authored Druva's explanation of its expanded Microsoft Azure relationship and a 2025 customer-review recognition announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.druva.com/why-druva/about/company
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rangaraajrajagopalan

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Last updated: 2026-09-02