Posts by Jeff Reichard

Jeff Reichard

Jeff Reichard is Vice President of Solution Strategy in the Office of the CTO at Veeam, where he leads strategic product and go‑to‑market engagement with alliance partners and enterprise customers, with a particular focus on risk, compliance, and data resilience. With more than 25 years of experience in data protection, business continuity, and regulatory compliance solutions, Jeff plays a key role in shaping Veeam’s vision for modern data protection and aligning it with the evolving needs of global enterprises and public sector organizations.

Before joining Veeam, Jeff held several senior technical and leadership positions across the data protection and infrastructure industry. His past roles include Federal Civilian SE Manager at Commvault, Senior Systems Engineer at Double‑Take, Program Manager at StorageNetworks, and Windows Server Team Manager at Stanford University. Across these positions, he gained extensive experience designing SAN, backup, and disaster recovery solutions while leading teams that supported mission‑critical systems for enterprise and government customers.

Jeff’s areas of expertise include enterprise data resilience, regulatory compliance (such as GDPR, HIPAA, and FISMA), public sector risk management and cyber resilience, business continuity planning, partner and customer engagement, and alliance strategy.

A frequent industry speaker and thought leader, Jeff has presented at high‑profile events including VeeamON (2020–2025), VeeamON Tours, Gartner IOCS, and HIMSS, where he shares insights on the intersection of data protection, compliance, and cloud transformation.

At Veeam, Jeff continues to collaborate with partners, customers, and industry analysts worldwide to advance the company’s mission of delivering trusted, resilient, and modern data protection across hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.

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Business | July 24, 2023 (Updated September 24, 2025) 4 min to read

Leveraging NIST Framework for Data Protection

In today's data-driven world, where information is your most valuable asset, protecting sensitive data has become essential for organizational security. This blog outlines how readers can take advantage of Veeam functionality to reduce cyber risk through the framework of the NIST CSF. Read more

Data Security Best Practices Ransomware & Cyber Resilience

Jeff Reichard

Vice President, Solution Strategy

Business | March 8, 2022 (Updated May 20, 2024) 3 min to read

Data Protection Trends in Public Sector

Veeam recently published the latest and largest research report on data protection, as surveyed by an independent research firm with nearly 3,400 responses from 28 countries. Among these responses were over 350 IT leaders from federal agencies, state and local governments, and educational institutions. Read more

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Data Security and Compliance

Jeff Reichard

Vice President, Solution Strategy

Jason Buffington

Vice President, Market Strategy