# Rehan Jalil

> Rehan Jalil is the founder and former CEO of Securiti AI and President, Products & Technology at Veeam. An engineer educated at NED University and Purdue, he previously founded WiChorus and Elastica, led cloud security at Symantec, and served as a venture advisor to Mayfield. His work has moved from mobile broadband infrastructure to cloud application security and enterprise data and AI controls.

- **Role:** President, Products & Technology at Veeam
- **Organizations:** Veeam, Securiti AI, Elastica, WiChorus, Symantec, Blue Coat Systems, Tellabs, Aperto Networks, Sun Microsystems, Mayfield
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Master of Science in electrical engineering, Purdue University, Advanced Management Program (executive education), Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founded WiChorus, acquired by Tellabs for $180 million in 2009., Founded Elastica, acquired by Blue Coat for $280 million in 2015., Co-founded and led Securiti AI, acquired by Veeam for $1.725 billion in 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked at Sun Microsystems and served as chief architect at Aperto Networks.
- **2005** — Founded WiChorus, developing mobile packet core infrastructure.
- **2009** — Tellabs completed its acquisition of WiChorus on December 1; Jalil subsequently led its mobile internet business.
- **2011** — Became a venture advisor to Mayfield late in the year.
- **2012** — Mayfield incubated Elastica in April.
- **2015** — Blue Coat announced its $280 million acquisition of Elastica in November.
- **2016** — After Symantec acquired Blue Coat, led cloud security as SVP and GM at Symantec.
- **2018** — Co-founded Securiti AI; the company publicly debuted in 2019.
- **2020** — Securiti won the RSAC Innovation Sandbox competition.
- **2025** — Veeam completed the $1.725 billion Securiti AI acquisition on December 11; Jalil joined as President of Security and AI.
- **2026** — Identified as Veeam President, Products & Technology by February; introduced Agent Commander and later Intelligent ResOps.

## Achievements

- Founded WiChorus, acquired by Tellabs for $180 million in 2009.
- Founded Elastica, acquired by Blue Coat for $280 million in 2015.
- Co-founded and led Securiti AI, acquired by Veeam for $1.725 billion in 2025.
- Led Securiti when it won RSAC Innovation Sandbox in 2020.
- Named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2010, as recorded by Purdue.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 15, Jalil introduced Veeam Intelligent ResOps. The Microsoft 365 add-on became generally available; Veeam Data Platform and Okta offerings entered private preview.
- **2026-03** — Discussed Agent Commander in a theCUBE + NYSE Wired interview; RSAC listed his March 23 session on securing enterprise AI agents.
- **2026-02** — Introduced Agent Commander in a February 24 Veeam article under the title President, Products & Technology.
- **2025-12** — Joined Veeam as President of Security and AI following the completed acquisition of Securiti AI.

## Links

- Website: https://securiti.ai/author/rehan-jalil/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rehanjalil/

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