Object First – the creator of the Out of the box immutability (Ootbi) ransomware-proof backup storage appliance for Veeam – appointed Eric Schott as chief product officer (CPO).
Schott has expertise in storage technology and product management, and is expected to drive Object First’s continued product innovation and growth.
“We are thrilled to welcome Eric to the Object First leadership team,” said company CEO, David Bennett. “He has the deep technical knowledge and product management leadership skills we need to evolve our successful Ootbi product line. Eric’s impact is already evident with our recent product update, increasing storage capacity to 192 TB on a single node and up to 768 TB in a cluster—or 3 petabytes and beyond as part of a Veeam repository.”
Bringing decades of product management experience to Object First, Schott has specialized in building easy-to-use, scaling and innovating storage products as businesses increasingly invest in protecting data from rising cyber threats. This expertise has ranged from helping the world’s largest technology companies to startups. Schott began his career with HPE, where he spent 20 years focusing on Unix and file systems development. Most recently, he was senior director of product management with Veeam, where he was responsible for new integrations, including public cloud offerings, Nutanix AHV and RedHat Virtualization. Schott also held product leadership positions with Dell, OneCloud Software and EqualLogic.
“Securing backup data has become imperative in our current threat landscape, and this has put a spotlight on the protection capabilities and benefits of immutable backup storage solutions,” said Schott. “I’m excited to build on Object First’s foundation with expanded Ootbi capabilities that ensure customers and partners have the best backup storage solution for Veeam with guaranteed security and resiliency from ransomware.”
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