Protecting Data, Ensuring Business Continuity

Our mission is clear: to provide industry leading backup and recovery technology solutions protecting critical data and operations for enterprise and mid-market organizations, mitigating commercial and reputational risks associated with downtime.

About Assured Data Protection

Founded in 2016 by CEO Simon Chappell alongside co-founders Stacy Hayes, Rob Mackle, Andrew Eva, and Stew Parkin, our organization was established as Rubrik’s exclusive managed service provider. With a clear vision of Rubrik’s transformative potential in the tech industry, our founders worked closely with Bipul Sinha, CEO and co-founder of Rubrik, to bring their innovative cloud data management platform to the market through a managed service approach.

Over the years, as data backup has evolved into a critical component of cybersecurity strategies, we have grown to become Rubrik’s largest and leading global managed service provider. Today, with a team of over 120 experts, we support more than 700 customers across 70 countries, ensuring the secure backup and recovery of their most essential business data.

 

Meet the senior leadership team

Simon Chappell

CEO

After a successful career in Private Equity, Simon co-founded and became Chief Executive of Backup Technology (BTL) in 2005. After 8 years of rapid growth, he sold BTL to iomart for £23m in 2013. Following 3 years in cricket and cycling, Simon co-founded Assured Data Protection, Rubrik’s largest global partner.

Rob Mackle

CRO, EMEA & APAC

Rob has a strong history in the tech industry, previously serving as Sales and Service Director for a major backup and disaster recovery provider. In 2016, he co-founded Assured Data Protection. As Managing Director, he drives EMEA sales and operations, expanding into emerging markets and cementing Assured’s industry leadership.

Stacy Hayes

Chief Strategy Officer

Before joining Assured Data Protection in 2016, Stacy was Vice President, Channels & Alliances at Virtustream. He co-founded DS3 DataVaulting, an early Backup as a Service provider, and as President led it to acquisition by Terremark in 2009. He later ran U.S. Civilian sales at Terremark Federal before moving to Virtustream.

Stewart Parkin

Global CTO

Stewart became UK Technical Director at Assured Data Protection in 2016 after more than 7 years with a leading backup and disaster recovery provider. Now Global Chief Technology Officer, he drives technical initiatives worldwide. Under his leadership, Assured has expanded internationally and established itself as a leader in data protection.

Andrew Eva

Global CIO

Andrew managed backend operations for DS3 Datavaulting from 2004 until its acquisition by Terremark, later moving into product management at Verizon. There, he oversaw storage-as-a-service offerings including DR, object storage, managed backup, and storage tiers. He also presented at leading industry conferences such as NetApp Insight and Gartner Datacenter.

Brian Dutton

CRO, Americas

Brian previously worked with our US Directors Stacy and Andrew at DS3 DataVaulting where he supported the channel relationships and helped grow the business. He has since been consulting for Colocation providers in Ashburn, VA and joined the Assured Data Protection team in July 2018.

Ian Thomspon

Global CSO

Ian ensures technology best practices are developed, shared, and managed globally at Assured Data Protection, across infrastructure, implementations, security, and data protection. With more than 20 years’ experience at leading industry companies, he joined Assured in 2016. He brings deep expertise in networking, backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery.

Paul Dix

Global CFO

Paul brings over 15 years of finance experience to Assured. He was previously CFO at Crisp, a Leeds-based risk intelligence company, where he guided the business through rapid growth and its acquisition by Kroll in 2022. At Assured, Paul partners with leadership to scale processes, drive strategy, and support global growth.

Adam Riley

Global Director of Support

Adam joined Assured in Spring 2024 with two decades' experience running customer support. He has a history of working with growing brands and helping them to achieve their potential. Having lived overseas for the past 18 years, he has worked for software giants such as Avast, AVG and NCR, and brings a wealth of global knowledge to Assured.