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Tony Colon studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Illinois Institute of Technology (Bachelors, Computer Science).

Tony Colon

Chief Customer Officer at Veeam

Greater Chicago Area

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About

Tony Colon is Chief Customer Officer at Veeam Software, where he leads customer success, support, services, and renewals across an organization of approximately 2,000 people. Prior to Veeam, he built and scaled post-sale and expansion businesses at Cisco, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, including a $14 billion services portfolio, a $2.5 billion customer success business, and an early enterprise GenAI center of excellence. He serves on the boards of Prezent, TSIA, and NPower.

Chief Customer Officer at Veeam

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Veeam's investors · 7

Alkeon InnovationNew York ConvergeCambridge · $500K – $5M checks Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checks Runa CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks TemasekSingapore TPGSan Francisco

Experience

Veeam SoftwareChief Customer Officercurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
PrezentExecutive Board Membercurrent2026 — present
NPowerNational Board Membercurrent2024 — present
TSIAExecutive Board Membercurrent2024 — present
ServiceNowSVP/GM Customer Excellence2025
ServiceNowSVP, Customer Success2023 — 2025
ServiceNowSVP, Customer & Partner Excellence2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
Covenant House IllinoisBoard Member2022 — 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council)Advisory Board Member2017 — 2024San Francisco, California
CiscoSVP, Customer & Partner Experience Engineering2021 — 2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
CiscoSVP, CX Engineering & Product Incubation2020 — 2021San Jose, California, United States
CiscoHead Of CX Product Development2019 — 2020
ForbesOfficial Member of Forbes Technology Council2017 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
SalesforceSVP, Success Cloud Product Management & Innovation2017 — 2019Chicago, Illinois
SalesforceVP, Innovation & Transformation Center2016 — 2017Greater Chicago Area
SalesforceVice President, Service Cloud2015 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
SalesforceService Cloud Practice Executive2014 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
SalesforceService Cloud Practice Director2012 — 2014Greater Chicago Area
SalesforceService Cloud Practice Lead2011 — 2012Greater Chicago Area
SalesforcePrincipal Architect2010 — 2011
FYIndOutCo-Founder/CTO2007 — 2010
eGain CommunicationsChief Architect2006 — 2010
eGain CommunicationsSenior Consultant2004 — 2006
ABN AMROProduct Manager2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Service Cloud41Cloud Computing99CRM99Integration70Agile Methodologies55Salesforce.com64Enterprise Architecture45SaaS59Requirements Analysis34Professional Services47Enterprise Software88Start-ups19

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PaaSEAILeadershipProject ManagementPre-salesBusiness DevelopmentConsultingAnalyticsForce.comAgile Project ManagementEnterprise IntegrationMergers & Acquisitions

Languages Spanish

KCS — Consortium for Service Innovation
Certified Scrum Master — Scrum Alliance
PMP — Project Management Institute
Salesforce.com Certified Sales Cloud Consultant — salesforce.com
Salesforce.com Certified Service Cloud Consultant — salesforce.com
Salesforce.com Certified Consultant — salesforce.com
Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer — salesforce.com
Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Administrator — salesforce.com
Salesforce.com Certified Administrator — salesforce.com

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Who is Tony Colon?: Tony Colon is Chief Customer Officer at Veeam Software, where he leads customer success, support, services, and renewals across an organization of approximately 2,000 people. Prior to Veeam, he built and scaled post-sale and expansion businesses at Cisco, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, including a $14 billion services portfolio, a $2.5 billion customer success business, and an early enterprise GenAI center of excellence. He serves on the boards of Prezent, TSIA, and NPower.
Where does Tony Colon work?: Tony Colon is Chief Customer Officer at Veeam.
Where did Tony Colon go to school?: Tony Colon studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Illinois Institute of Technology (Bachelors, Computer Science).

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