--- title: "SHIFT Virtual 2026: AI Recovery & Cyber Resilience Virtual Event | Commvault" type: "WebPage" language: "en-US" url: "https://commvault.com.cn/shift-virtual" date: "2025-08-29T05:30:32-04:00" modified: "2026-10-21T11:51:19-04:00" description: "Explore AI-driven recovery, cyber resilience, and cloud-native backup strategies at Commvault's SHIFT Virtual 2026. Register for this free event." image: "https://commvault.com.cn/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shift-promo-888x500-1.png" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://commvault.com.cn/" - name: "Shift virtual" --- # SHIFT Virtual 2026 | Commvault --- Commvault Shift 2026 • Virtual • November 18 AMER 1pm ET EMEA 9am GMT INDIA 2.30pm IST APAC 12pm AEDT ## Recovery Is the New Resilience AI is now the operating fabric of the enterprise. That puts a new premium on recovery. It clears the way to test new ideas, move through uncertainty, and act on every opportunity AI creates. SHIFT 2026 shows you recovery in a whole new light — not just protecting your ambition, but powering it. [Register now](#register) --- --- 20+ Sessions 6 Recovery tracks 1 Location. No travel --- --- ## One day. Six tracks. One operating model for recovery. - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Component-2-1.png) Build a recovery playbook that holds up under AI-speed attacks - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Component-3-1.png) Hear directly from the experts putting ResOps into practice - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CVLT-Icons-1.png) ISC2 members can earn CPE credits for attending qualifying SHIFT sessions --- ## What to expect ## Six Deep-Dive Tracks Choose the sessions built for your role: cyber recovery, identity resilience, hybrid complexity, AI and data security, forward horizon threats, or cloud-native builders. ## Real Customer Stories Short podcast-style conversations with customers and partners on what recovery under real pressure actually looks like. ## Lightning Lab Demos Five-minute walkthroughs that show ResOps concepts in action. ## Join the Conversation Live Participate in live Q&A, engage with experts and peers, and get your questions answered in real time throughout the event. --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Opening-keynote.png) KEYNOTE ## The AI Recovery Imperative A visionary look at why recovery has become an operational requirement in the age of AI, and how organizations can build the continuous, proven recovery capabilities they need to embrace AI without compromising resilience. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Speaker_Sanjay-Mirchandani-_650x650_Treated-FC-1.jpg) --- --- > “After thorough assessment of options, HCLTech chose Commvault as its partner of choice for cyber resiliency versus other solutions available in the market. We're glad we made this choice, as when there was a cyberattack, we were able to recover 100% of data without much effort.” > > Amit Tanwar > > Group Operations Manager, HCLTech --- The Agenda ## Six Tracks. Zero Fluff. Start with Sanjay Mirchandani’s keynote on the AI recovery imperative, then explore sessions across six areas: Cyber Recovery, Identity Resilience, Simplify Hybrid Complexity, AI and Data Security, Forward Horizon, and Cloud-Native Resilience. Explore keynote conversations, lightning lab demos, and customer podcasts on demand. | | | | | |---|---|---|---| | Keynote | The AI Recovery Imperative | Commvault’s President and CEO Sanjay Mirchandani shares a visionary look at why recovery has become an operational requirement in the age of AI, and how organizations can build the continuous, proven recovery capabilities they need to embrace AI without compromising resilience. | | | ![Network Topologies](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Network-Topologies.svg) Cyber resilience track | Clean Restores, Confident Recovery: Recovery Orchestration Live | From Inspiration to Execution: How to Launch Your ResOps Journey ​ | | | ![Identity Servers](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Identity-Resilience-Track.svg) identity resilience track | Your Identity Stack From the Attackers POV: Rethinking Identity Resilience in the AI Era | Identity Lift and Shift: Building Identity Resilience Across Hybrid Environments | | | ![Object Storage](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Object_Storage.svg) Simplify Hybrid Complexity track | When Resilience Becomes a Cloud Service: The Future of Native Recovery | Digital Sovereignty in the Modern Hybrid Enterprise: Beyond Data Residency | | | ![Machine learning model](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Machine-learning-model.svg) ai & data security track | Full-Stack AI Recovery: Visibility, Governance, and Resilience | Secure Enterprise Data Activation for AI | | | ![Cleanroom Recovery](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Cleanroom_Recovery.svg) Cloud-native resilience track | The Future of Cloud-Native Resilience: The Clumio Vision \[Keynote\] | Connected Cloud Resilience: Turning Signals into Protection and Recovery | Customer-Led Innovation: The Story Behind Bringing Commvault Clumio to Google Cloud | | ![Global Exceptions](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Global-Exceptions-1.svg) leadership track | AI in 2027: Architecture, Economics and the Resilience Imperative | The Machine-Speed Threat: How Agentic AI is Changing the Risk | Crypto-Agility Before Quantum | | on-demand | AI in 2027: Architecture, Economics and the Resilience Imperative | Lightning Lab Sessions | Podcast discussions featuring Commvault customers, execs and influencers | --- ## Speakers --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Sanjay_Mirchandani_1_2026.png) Sanjay Mirchandani President & Chief Executive Officer Read bioSanjay Mirchandani ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Sanjay_Mirchandani_1_2026.png) Sanjay Mirchandani Sanjay Mirchandani has been President & Chief Executive Officer of Commvault since 2019. In that time Sanjay has transformed the company into a cyber resilience leader that’s trusted by enterprises around the world to keep their data and applications safe, secure, protected, and recoverable. Under Mirchandani’s leadership, the company has also transformed its business model, partner ecosystem, and go-to-market execution. This, combined with an industry-leading cyber resilience platform and an always-on approach to innovation has turned Commvault into a high-growth, highly profitable company. Mirchandani has been focused on helping customers solve hard problems, investing nearly $1B in R&D. He incubated and launched a dynamic, scalable SaaS business, which today is one of the fastest growing offerings in the industry. And he’s extended the company’s breadth and depth of cloud-first offerings through acquisitions like Appranix and Clumio. Prior to joining Commvault, Mirchandani was the CEO of Puppet, a leading open-source IT infrastructure and automation company, where he grew the company’s user base to more than 40,000 companies, including 75 percent of the Fortune 100. He also held senior leadership positions at VMware, EMC, and Microsoft. Mirchandani earned his bachelor’s from Drew University and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He also serves on the Board of Directors at Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI). ## Sanjay Quotes “To enable a continuous state of always-on availability in a hybrid and multicloud world, customers need a sophisticated approach to cyber resilience that embraces AI and other bleeding edge technologies. As an engineering leader, we are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to ensure organizations can keep their businesses continuous. It’s why thousands of customers globally continue to rely on Commvault every day.” --- “Your data has never been more valuable or vulnerable than it is today. With the industry’s broadest portfolio of cloud-optimized offerings, Commvault can help you intelligently protect your data, extract value, and grow your businesses – today and for years to come.” --- “At Commvault, we are committed to Inclusion and Diversity. Not just as responsible corporate citizens, but as individuals. It’s in our values and in how we empower our team members to thrive and reach their full potential. We do this by fostering an environment that celebrates our differences and ensures we all feel included and supported. And, as CEO, I am committed to making impactful changes for our people, our customers, and our community*.*” --- “With comprehensive data protection across all workloads and environments, Commvault delivers unprecedented protection against the most advanced cyberthreats everywhere, for the lowest TCO.” ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pranay_Ahlawat_2_2026.png) Pranay Ahlawat Chief Technology and AI Officer Read bioPranay Ahlawat ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pranay_Ahlawat_2_2026.png) Pranay Ahlawat As Chief Technology and AI Officer, Pranay Ahlawat is the leader, developer, and AI evangelist responsible for continually innovating Commvault’s unrivaled cyber resilience platform and delivering on our vision for todays and tomorrow’s unrelenting threat landscape. A product and business strategist, Pranay most recently led a product innovation and engineering practice with a particular focus on the future of software engineering and infrastructure software at Boston Consulting Group. Pranay earned his bachelor’s degree from Delhi College of Engineering, his master’s in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and his MBA from Wharton School. When he’s not working, he enjoys sudoku, hiking, and skiing. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/peter_diamandis_1024.png) Peter Diamandis Founder & Executive Chairman, XPRIZE Foundation ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/peter_diamandis_1024.png) Peter Diamandis ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Poojan_Kumar_2026.png) Poojan Kumar Chief Product Innovation Officer Read bioPoojan Kumar ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Poojan_Kumar_2026.png) Poojan Kumar Poojan Kumar, Commvault’s Chief Product Innovation Officer, leads the company’s innovative product development strategy for today’s cloud-first, data driven world. An engineering visionary, Poojan re-envisioned how data is managed, analyzed, stored, and recovered at companies including Nutanix, VMware, and Oracle. And as an entrepreneur, he built, scaled, and led the acquisition of multiple successful companies. Most recently, he co-founded and was CEO of Clumio, which Commvault acquired in 2024. Poojan earned his bachelor’s in computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology and his master’s in computer science from Stanford University. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/woon-jung.png) Woon Jung Chief Technology Officer of Clumio ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/woon-jung.png) Woon Jung ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/abhijeet_360.png) Abhijeet Rajwade Principal Architect, Google ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/abhijeet_360.png) Abhijeet Rajwade ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ash-alhashim.png) Ash Alhashim Enterprise GTM Leadership – Cybersecurity, Anthropic ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ash-alhashim.png) Ash Alhashim ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/erika-voss.png) Erika Voss SVP, Global Chief Security Officer, Blue Yonder ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/erika-voss.png) Erika Voss ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/gert-jan-vaes.png) Gert Jan Vaes Strategy & Portfolio Lead, Cegeka ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/gert-jan-vaes.png) Gert Jan Vaes ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lin_360.png) Lin Chen Head of Technical Program Management, Atlassian ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lin_360.png) Lin Chen ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/seema_360.png) Seema Joshi Head of Engineering, Atlassian ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/seema_360.png) Seema Joshi ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ShefaliMookencherryUniversityOfIllinois_0074-scaled.jpg) Shefali Mookencherry Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, UIC ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ShefaliMookencherryUniversityOfIllinois_0074-scaled.jpg) Shefali Mookencherry ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/akshay-joshi_480.png) Akshay Joshi VP – Product Management, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/akshay-joshi_480.png) Akshay Joshi ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ben-herzberg.png) Ben Herzberg Senior Director, Solutions Marketing, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ben-herzberg.png) Ben Herzberg ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bill_OConnell_2026.png) Bill O’Connell Chief Security Officer, Commvault Read bioBill O’Connell ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bill_OConnell_2026.png) Bill O’Connell As Chief Security Officer, Bill O’Connell is responsible for Commvault’s cyber defense, product security and customer assurance, further strengthening the company’s presence as a trusted innovator and partner for today’s evolving threat landscape. Bill comes to Commvault with twenty years of expertise in cybersecurity and data privacy. As Head of Product Security at Roche, Bill led a team of cybersecurity experts delivering secure medical technology and digital health and solutions on-premises and in the cloud across care settings. In his 12 years at ADP, Bill led a variety of business risk, privacy and security operations, including five years as Chief Business Security Officer. Prior to joining ADP, Bill worked for Deloitte, building and executing strategic information security roadmaps for global Fortune 500 firms. Bill holds BA and MBA degrees from the University of Maryland. He previously served as Chair of the National Cyber Security Alliance Board of Directors and remains actively involved in various industry working groups focused on threat intelligence and privacy. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Danielle_Sheer_2026.png) Danielle Sheer Chief Trust Officer, Commvault Read bioDanielle Sheer ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Danielle_Sheer_2026.png) Danielle Sheer Our Chief Trust Officer advances opportunities to strengthen trust with shareholders, customers, partners, and the broader community—an increasingly critical priority in an era of sophisticated cyber threats. A strategic leader with deep expertise managing complex global legal, privacy and security systems, Danielle has repeatedly scaled Corporate Trust operations for public technology companies, led IPOs and other transformative strategic transactions, and counseled leaders and boards on significant governance and shareholder matters. Prior to joining Commvault, Danielle served as Chief Legal Officer at financial technology services company Bottomline (NASDAQ:EPAY) and at cloud-backup SaaS solutions provider Carbonite (NASDAQ:CARB). She currently serves on the Boards of [Manhattan Associates](https://www.manh.com/"https://www.manh.com/") (NASDAQ: MANH) and [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center](https://www.bidmc.org/"https://www.bidmc.org/"). ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/melissa-hathaway.png) Melissa Hathaway Cyber Resilience Council Chair, Commvault Read bioMelissa Hathaway ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/melissa-hathaway.png) Melissa Hathaway Melissa Hathaway is globally recognized as a thought leader in the fields of cybersecurity and digital risk management and has relationships with the highest levels of governments and international institutions, including NATO, the ITU, the OAS, and the World Bank. She has a distinguished affiliation at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Canada’s School of Public Service, and Toronto Metropolitan University. Internationally she advises programs and research initiatives at: the Digital Science Institute — European School of Management and Technology, Germany; GLOBESEC, a global think tank, Slovakia; the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada; the Kosciuszko Institute, Poland; and the CyberLaw Research Program at Hebrew University, Israel. Ms. Hathaway served in two Presidential administrations where she spearheaded the Cyberspace Policy Review for President Barack Obama and led the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative for President George W. Bush. She built a broad coalition from within the Executive Branch for two Presidents, developing a cybersecurity strategy covering unprecedented scope and scale that will now facilitate revolutionary improvements for the United States to secure and defend its critical national infrastructures. She received the National Intelligence Reform Medal, September 2009 and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation, December 2011 for her leadership. As President of Hathaway Global Strategies, she consults Fortune 500 companies on cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, and technology assessment. She helps organizations understand their most critical assets, services and data, and maps digital risks to the organization’s business, financial and risk objectives, and advises clients regarding industry leading practices, emerging cyber threats, policy initiatives, regulation, legislation, court decisions or other industry matters that may affect their current and future business. Having served on the board of directors for four public companies and three non-profit organizations, and as a strategic advisor to a number of public and private companies, Ms. Hathaway brings her clients a unique combination of policy and technical expertise, as well as board room experience that allows her to help clients better understand the intersection of government policy, developing technological and industry trends, and economic drivers that impact acquisition and business development strategy in this field. Ms. Hathaway has a B.A. degree from The American University in Washington, D.C. She has completed graduate studies in international economics and technology transfer policy, and is a graduate of the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College, with a special certificate in Information Operations. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/david-cunningham.png) David Cunningham Senior Product Manager, Commvaullt ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/david-cunningham.png) David Cunningham ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/dinesh-reddy.png) Dinesh Reddy Director – Product Management, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/dinesh-reddy.png) Dinesh Reddy ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Jason-Cray-headshot-updated-9-2025.jpg) Jason Cray Principal, Product Experience, Commvault Read bioJason Cray ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Jason-Cray-headshot-updated-9-2025.jpg) Jason Cray Jason is a leading data protection specialist with over 26 years of experience in the IT industry, with 20 of those years focusing on data protection. Specializing in data backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience, Jason advises on how clients can safeguard their critical data against evolving threats. His expertise in cyber recovery planning and execution is invaluable, as he had guided clients in developing robust strategies to mitigate the impact of cyberattacks. With a proven track record of successfully helping clients recover from cyber incidents, Jason’s deep understanding of the latest industry trends and technologies enables him to provide tailored solutions. He holds a Master’s degree in Information and Communication Sciences and is certified in top backup products, further solidifying his credentials as a data protection expert.. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/jose-gomez.png) Jose Gomez Principle Solution Technologist, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/jose-gomez.png) Jose Gomez ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lawrence-chang.png) Lawrence Chang Chief Engineering Officer of Clumio ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lawrence-chang.png) Lawrence Chang ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/michael-fasulo.png) Michael Fasulo Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/michael-fasulo.png) Michael Fasulo ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/michael-thelander.png) Michael Thelander Senior Director, Product Marketing, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/michael-thelander.png) Michael Thelander ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pavan-bedadala.png) Pavan Bedadala VP, Product Management, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pavan-bedadala.png) Pavan Bedadala ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ron-robbins.png) Ron Robbins Senior Product Manager, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ron-robbins.png) Ron Robbins ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ruben-renders.png) Ruben Renders Solutions Director, MSP, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ruben-renders.png) Ruben Renders ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/teja-medasani.png) Teja Medasani Principal Product Manager, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/teja-medasani.png) Teja Medasani ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/vidya-shankaran.png) Vidya Shankaran Field CTO for Cloud, Security, and Emerging Technology, Commvault Read bioVidya Shankaran ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/vidya-shankaran.png) Vidya Shankaran A seasoned technologist, Vidya delivers customer value, through pragmatic outcome-based results. Vidya has close to 2 decades of global experience; which has helped her understand and gain unique perspective on the real-world challenges of IT customers supporting businesses from data management and business continuity point of view. In her current role, Vidya evangelizes Cloud, data security, AI and emerging technologies with customers and partners and ensures a seamless integration of Commvault’s solutions in customers’ data architecture. She was adjudged finalist in the “CIO/CTO of the year 2023” Global Awards by “Women Tech Network” for her contributions to Commvault and industry at large. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/yoav-cohen.png) Yoav Cohen VP – Product Management – Satori, Commvault ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/yoav-cohen.png) Yoav Cohen --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/final-cta-background.jpg) new this year ## Explore Cloud-Native Backup and Recovery with Clumio Spend two hours with the engineers and architects defining what resilience means for AWS and Google Cloud. [Learn more](/shift-virtual/clumio) --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shift-virtual-egistration-bg_1024.png) REGISTER NOW ## Reserve your spot Virtual SHIFT is free to attend. Register once and get access to every keynote, track, and on-demand session. *Interactive form not available in this format — visit the page to submit.* --- Your Questions, answered ## Frequently Asked Questions What is SHIFT Virtual and how does it differ from SHIFT Nashville? SHIFT Virtual is Commvault’s on-demand companion to SHIFT Nashville 2026, built around one theme: **Recovery Is the New Resilience**. At SHIFT Virtual, you can explore a keynote from CEO Sanjay Mirchandani, six deep-dive tracks, and real customer stories on building an operating model for recovery in the age of AI. When can I watch SHIFT Virtual on-demand? SHIFT Virtual content is available on-demand starting November 19th. Watch whenever it fits your schedule, in any order you like. How much does SHIFT Virtual cost? SHIFT Virtual is free. The only requirement is registration. Is SHIFT Virtual a live event? SHIFT Virtual will be broadcast live on November 18th across four timezones, comprising of content straight from our SHIFT Nashville 2026 event and exclusive virtual-only sessions. Once the event has broadcast, all content will be available to watch on-demand, whenever it works for you. Which SHIFT Virtual track should I choose? Though you’ll be able to access all SHIFT Virtual content on the day you’ll also be able to select your preferred agenda by filtering by track. Pick the track that matches your role. - **Cyber Recovery and Identity Resilience** suit practitioners building recovery runbooks. - **Simplify Hybrid Complexity** fits teams managing fragmented environments. - **AI and Data Security** and **Forward Horizon** are built for security and compliance leaders. - **Cloud-Native Resilience** is for engineers and architects building on AWS and Google Cloud. Which time zones is SHIFT Virtual available in? SHIFT Virtual will be broadcast live on November 18th across four timezones. - AMER | 1:00pm ET - EMEA | 9:00am GMT - INDIA | 2:30pm IST - APAC | 12:00pm AEDT --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Group-238298.png) ## Do not wait for the attack to test your recovery Register now and see what an operating model for recovery looks like in practice. [Register now](#register) ---