SYDNEY – September 10 2025 – Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security, today announced the appointment of Greg Statton as Chief Technology Officer for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. In this newly created role, Statton will lead technology strategy and innovation initiatives across APJ, supporting Cohesity’s mission to deliver next-generation data protection solutions in the region following the successful integration with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business.
Statton will take on the new role, alongside his existing responsibilities of leading innovation and development of Cohesity’s AI solution – Gaia, globally and will report directly to Sunil Moolchandani.
Statton’s appointment reflects Cohesity’s increased investment in APJ — and in Japan specifically — as a key growth market and strategic priority region for FY26. Cohesity recognise the growing customer requirements for the efficiency and increased business resilience opportunities that advanced, fully integrated, AI and data security solutions can provide in Japan and across the region. The newly created role of Field CTO for APJ, will enable more customer specific requirements in the APJ markets to be answered with specific R&D and solution innovation in the product roadmap, and support deeper engagement with enterprise and government customers across the region.
“Greg brings a rare combination of technical depth, regional insight, and strategic vision that will be critical as we scale our presence across Asia Pacific and Japan,” said Sunil Moolchandani, Chief Strategy Officer, Cohesity.“As we continue to invest in the region — especially in key markets like Japan — Greg’s leadership will play a pivotal role in helping customers adopt our AI-powered data security solutions and strengthen their cyber resilience.
Greg Statton, Chief Technology Officer, Asia Pacific and Japan for Cohesity
Statton’s new role extends his 10-year career within Cohesity, having served in a variety of sales engineering leadership and technical innovation roles within the business including VP AI Solutions and Senior Director Data & AI within the office of the CTO. Prior to Cohesity, Statton spent time working at CITRIX, Nutanix and as Google product development specialist. Throughout his career, Statton has been instrumental in advancing cloud, security, and AI technologies across diverse industries.
“In today’s fast-changing data protection environment, organisations across Asia Pacific and Japan need technology partners who understand their unique challenges and can deliver tailored, innovative solutions,” said Greg Statton, CTO, Asia Pacific and Japan, Cohesity. “I am excited to directly support the Cohesity APJ team at such a pivotal time and look forward to driving the next wave of growth and innovation in the region — particularly in Japan — alongside our talented teams and partners.”
About Cohesity
Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe. To learn more, follow Cohesity on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
