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Join us for a lively discussion covering the findings of the 5th edition of The State of Data Readiness in ANZ report from Tech Research Asia Insights, commissioned by Commvault.
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THE STATE OF DATA READINESS
Australia & New Zealand | 5th Edition – 2025
The latest edition of ‘The State of Data Readiness’ from Tech Research Asia – commissioned by Commvault – provides insights into the data management, cybersecurity, and regulatory challenges faced by organisations in Australia and New Zealand.
In this Virtual Masterclass, two of the pivotal spokespeople on the subject present their thoughts in an open forum, helping leaders navigate new and emerging challenges for ANZ organisations, and get the information they need to perform optimally.
Your Speakers
Gareth Russell
Chief Technology Officer – Security for Asia Pacific, Commvault
Gareth Russell is the Field Chief Technology Officer, Security for Asia Pacific (APAC) at Commvault. In this role, he is responsible for applying Commvault’s solutions to high-level organisational challenges across cyber strategy, risk management, cyber resilience, and digital transformation.
Gareth has wide experience in both public and private sectors across the Asia-Pacific region, bringing his deep knowledge of cyber risk and security to help counter sophisticated organisational cyber threats. Having worked in a range of leadership roles including government agencies, he has hands-on experience in overcoming a wide variety of cybersecurity and operational challenges while transforming organisational culture with a focus on cyber resiliency.
Prior to joining Commvault, Gareth was with Standard Chartered Bank where he was Global Head of Identity Access Management.
Gareth holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology from James Cook University, including certifications from ISC2 (CISSP), and certificates from Harvard Business School.
Tim Dillon
Founder & Principal Analyst, Tech Research Asia
A strong believer that technology solutions need to bring business value, Tim founded TRA in July 2012 to provide specialist research, analysis and consulting services to the IT&T sector in Asia Pacific.
As Director and Principal Analyst for End User research, Tim spends his time working with technology business users and vendor and channel organisations, sharing insights on market trends, technology strategies and other factors impacting technology adoption and innovation.
An articulate speaker and MC, Tim has presented to large and small audiences and to date has facilitated over 240 executive roundtables and workshops for clients.
Prior to founding TRA, Tim held senior roles at IDC and Current Analysis (now Global Data). Tim is a regular participant in industry judging panels including GMSA GLOMO Awards, AIIA iAwards and ITNews Benchmark IT awards.
He has also authored expert witness reports for cases relating to the Australian telecommunications industry. A Tasmanian by birth, Tim holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania.
Your Host
Karissa Breen
Head of Cyber Security Journalism, and Founder
This event will be moderated by our own Karissa Breen – more commonly known as KB.
Crowned a LinkedIn ‘Top Voice in Technology’, KB is a serial Entrepreneur that Co-Founded the TMFE Group, a holding company and consortium of several businesses all relating to cybersecurity including, an industry-leading media platform, a marketing agency, a content production studio, and the executive headhunting firm, MercSec. KBI.Media is an independent and agnostic global cyber security media company led by KB at the helm of the journalism division.
As a Cybersecurity Investigative Journalist, KB hosts her flagship podcast, KBKast, interviewing cybersecurity practitioners around the globe on security and the problems business executives face.
As the Compère for this virtual masterclass, KB will bring thoughtful questions to get substantive, and actionable insights from our speakers, providing the basis for a unique online event.
About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience, helping more than 100,000 organisations to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyber attacks—keeping data safe and businesses resilient and moving forward.
Today, Commvault offers the only cyber resilience platform that combines the best data security and rapid recovery at enterprise scale across any workload, anywhere with advanced AI-driven automation—at the lowest TCO.
About TRA
Tech Research Asia is a fast-growing IT analyst, research, and consulting firm with an experienced and diverse team in: Sydney | Melbourne | Singapore | Kuala Lumpur | Hong Kong | Tokyo.
We advise executive technology buyers and suppliers across Asia Pacific. We are rigorous, fact-based, open, and transparent. And we offer research, consulting, engagement and advisory services. We also conduct our own independent research on the issues, trends, and strategies that are important to executives and other leaders that want to leverage the power of modern technology.