Biography

Mika has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2019. She currently serves as Chief Marketing and Customer AI Officer at Veeam Software, a data and AI trust company, bringing more than two decades of marketing and customer leadership from some of technology's most recognizable companies. Before joining Veeam, Mika was Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at Freshworks, a cloud-based customer service software company, following a tenure as Chief Marketing and Customer Engagement Officer at F5 Networks, a multi-cloud application security and delivery company. Earlier in her career, she led global marketing at Marketo as Global President, then continued in that role as SVP and General Manager after Adobe acquired the company. At SAP, she was the first to hold the title of Chief Digital Marketing Officer, charged with driving growth through digital transformation, following an earlier role as Chief Marketing Officer for the company's SMB business. Mika began her career as a Research Vice President at Gartner, spent more than six years at Microsoft across a range of channel and product management roles, and then headed marketing and merchandising at Amazon Books before joining SAP. Mika holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Marketing from Queen's University.