Cohesity announced a series of strategic technical appointments across the Middle East, reinforcing its continued investment in the region and its commitment to supporting organisations across the UAE and the wider region. The appointments include Murad Abu Abed joining as AI Field Technical Director, Ayman Hammoudeh as Senior Director, Sales Engineering and Field CISO, Mazin Bayado as Technical Leader, UAE and Rest of Gulf Countries, and Mohammed Almulla as Technical Leader, Saudi Arabia.
As part of its regional growth strategy, Cohesity is strengthening its technical team to support increasing demand for cyber resilience, data protection, and secure AI adoption. With organisations across the region navigating a more complex threat landscape alongside rapid digital transformation, the company continues to invest in local expertise to deliver greater value to customers and partners.
Gregg Petersen, Regional Director for the Middle East at Cohesity, said: “The Middle East continues to be a strategic growth market for Cohesity, as organisations place increasing emphasis on cyber resilience, data security, and AI-driven innovation. These appointments reflect our ongoing investment in the region and our commitment to strengthening our presence across key markets, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia.By expanding our technical and security leadership, we are enhancing our ability to support customers with local expertise, deliver advanced data protection capabilities, and help organisations recover quickly and confidently in the face of disruption.”
Collectively, these appointments bring deep regional expertise across data protection, cyber resilience, hybrid cloud architectures, and AI-driven security, further strengthening Cohesity’s ability to support enterprises across key sectors.
Murad Abu Abed joins as the AI Field Technical Director at Cohesity, bringing over two decades of experience in technical sales and solutions architecture across the data management and cybersecurity industry, having previously held roles at Dell and Rubrik. In his role as AI Field Technical Director, Murad focuses on advancing the company’s AI-driven capabilities, helping customers and prospects unlock greater value from their data while ensuring strong security, governance, and resilience.
Commenting on his appointment, Murad said: “I’m excited to join Cohesity at a time when the region is actively investing in and leading AI adoption, and to help customers accelerate that journey by protecting and securing their data, transforming it into meaningful insights, and enabling true freedom across on-premises, cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments.”
Ayman Hammoudeh, coming on as Senior Director, Sales Engineering and Field CISO at Cohesity, brings extensive experience across sales engineering, cyber resilience, and enterprise data security, with a strong focus on aligning security strategies with business and regulatory requirements. In his dual role as Senior Director, Sales Engineering and Field CISO, he will support organisations in strengthening their cyber resilience frameworks, enhancing their security posture, and advancing the adoption of secure AI across emerging markets. Hammoudeh commented: “Joining Cohesity is an exciting opportunity to lead in redefining cyber resilience at scale, delivering intelligent data-centric defence and rapid assured recovery in an era where AI is exponentially accelerating the speed, scale, and precision of modern threats.”
Mazin Bayado, Technical Leader, UAE and Rest of Gulf Countries at Cohesity, brings extensive experience in designing and delivering data protection and business continuity solutions, with a strong track record across enterprise and mid-market environments. His expertise spans hybrid cloud data management platforms and ransomware defence strategies, and he will play a key role in guiding customers across the UAE in strengthening their resilience and data protection strategies.
Bayado shared his thoughts on his recent appointment: “Organisations across the UAE and wider Gulf are placing greater emphasis on cyber resilience as they navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape. I’m excited to join Cohesity and support customers in strengthening data protection, enhancing resilience, and confidently adopting modern hybrid and cloud architectures.”
Mohammed Almulla, Technical Leader, Saudi Arabia at Cohesity, brings over a decade of experience in data protection, storage, and enterprise infrastructure solutions in Saudi Arabia. His background includes leading the design and implementation of complex backup and recovery systems, and he will support organisations in strengthening their data resilience and ensuring continuity of critical operations. Sharing his thoughts on his move, Almulla added: “I’m excited by Cohesity’s vision to modernise and consolidate data protection while delivering cyber resilience and transforming protected data into a secure, AI-powered data lake.”
With an expanded regional team, Cohesity is well-positioned to support enterprises across sectors as they move beyond traditional backup strategies towards a more comprehensive, resilience-driven approach to data security.
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