John Jester

John Jester is Chief Revenue Officer of Veeam Software, a role he has held since May 2022, with responsibility for the company's global go-to-market strategy across direct sales, partners and customer success.

Jester joined Veeam from Google Cloud, where he spent three years as Vice President of Customer Experience with global leadership of professional services, customer success, support, training and certifications. Before Google he spent 20 years at Microsoft in senior sales leadership, including as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Customer Success, where he established the organization driving adoption of Microsoft's cloud services, Vice President of Worldwide Specialist Sales, General Manager of the UK Enterprise and Partner Group, and General Manager of Global Accounts, responsible for Microsoft's 100 largest enterprise customers.

Career History

• Chief Revenue Officer, Veeam Software (2022 to present)
• Vice President, Customer Experience, Google Cloud (2019 to 2022)
• Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Customer Success, Microsoft
• Vice President, Worldwide Specialist Sales, Microsoft
• General Manager, UK Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft
• General Manager, Global Accounts, Microsoft

What John Jester brings to the Chief Revenue Officer role at Veeam: two decades of enterprise go-to-market leadership at the world's largest software companies, cloud adoption expertise from both Microsoft and Google, and an operating model that ties customer success directly to revenue growth.