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Tarun Thakur

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Founder at Veza

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Tarun Thakur is GVP and GM of Identity Security (Veza) at ServiceNow. He co-founded and served as CEO of Veza, and previously co-founded and led Datos IO, which was acquired by Rubrik; earlier roles included product management at Data Domain (acquired by EMC) and research work at IBM Research in Almaden. He holds 18 granted patents in data security, storage, data protection, and data management.

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Veza's investors · 9

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checksAtlassian Ventures$1M – $5M checksBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checksBallistic VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2022Snowflake VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $20M checksTrue VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks

Co-founders at Veza

RWRobert Whitcher
Robert WhitcherFounder
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Maohua LuFounder
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Rob WhitcherFounder

Experience

  1. ServiceNowGVP & GM, Identity Security (Veza)current2026 — presentUnited States
  2. VezaChairman, CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Forbes Technology CouncilCouncil Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. VariousInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  5. Rubrik, Inc.GM, Rubrik Database Products2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Datos IO (acq. by Rubrik)Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. DataDomainSenior Manager, Product Management (Data Domain)2010 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  8. DataDomainConsultant Product Manager2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  9. DataDomainPrincipal Product Manager2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Symantec (VERITAS)Senior Product Manager2010
  11. Campbell AllianceStrategy Consultant2009Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
  12. IBMIBM Research (Almaden)2005 — 2008San Jose, CA
  13. Ario Data Networks (acquired by Xyratex)Sr. Software Engineer2004 — 2005San Jose, CA
  14. Seagate TechnologyFirmware Engineer2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Strategy20Leadership12Product Management51Go-to-market Strategy27Marketing Strategy3Segmentation3Product Strategy2Market Research2Product Marketing7Cloud Computing48Storage33Enterprise Software28
+10 moreSaaSStorage Area NetworksCompetitive AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentIntegrationBusiness AnalysisNetworkingStart-upsDistributed SystemsSAN

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Who is Tarun Thakur?
Tarun Thakur is GVP and GM of Identity Security (Veza) at ServiceNow. He co-founded and served as CEO of Veza, and previously co-founded and led Datos IO, which was acquired by Rubrik; earlier roles included product management at Data Domain (acquired by EMC) and research work at IBM Research in Almaden. He holds 18 granted patents in data security, storage, data protection, and data management.
Where does Tarun Thakur work?
Tarun Thakur is Founder of Veza.
What companies did Tarun Thakur found?
Tarun Thakur founded Veza.
Where did Tarun Thakur go to school?
Tarun Thakur studied at Duke University (MBA, Strategy); University of Minnesota (Graduate Coursework, Computer Science); Punjab Engineering College (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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