Varun Grover — CEO
Lead with clarity. Build with purpose. Deliver with grace. I am a business marketing leader operating at the intersection of AI, security, and SaaS, focused on turning complex technology into adoption, revenue, and durable enterprise categories. At Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), I serve as the GM-aligned marketing leader for the SaaS and AI business, owning go-to-market strategy, narrative, and business performance across a ~$175M+ ARR portfolio. My role spans strategy definition upstream and execution downstream, partnering closely with Product, Sales, and Engineering to scale Rubrik’s highest-growth engines. I helped define Rubrik’s transformation into The Security and AI Operations Company by unifying AI, SaaS, and Identity under a single enterprise motion: Resilience for Everything. Selected Impact • Rubrik Agent Cloud: Built and launched Rubrik’s second major product line and the industry’s first control layer for AI agent operations, with executive adoption and validation from Gartner and Forbes. • Agent Rewind: Created the world’s first “undo” for AI agents, taking concept to market in four weeks and featuring it in Rubrik’s national NFL Thanksgiving commercial. • Microsoft 365 End-to-End Cyber Resilience: Designed and scaled Rubrik’s largest SaaS growth engine, driving record pipeline and double-digit subscription ARR expansion. • Predibase acquisition: Led go-to-market and narrative integration to expand Rubrik’s enterprise AI platform. • Rubrik Annapurna: Launched Rubrik’s secure data foundation for AI, highlighted by Gartner as a Magic Quadrant strength. I regularly translate deeply technical AI and security advances into clear executive narratives used by senior business and technical leaders. My work reaches large enterprise audiences organically, with 1M+ LinkedIn impressions and 1.5M+ YouTube views, and I’ve been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Voice for sustained thought leadership and community impact. Before Rubrik, I led enterprise AI go-to-market at Veritas (now Cohesity) and built high-impact marketing engines across Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups, including Octane, where I served as Director of Product Marketing and acting Head of Marketing. Engineer by training. MBA, University of Minnesota (Carlson). MS in Computer Science (AI focus), Georgia Tech (in progress).
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI marketing leader with expertise in go-to-market strategies.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 12 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Product Marketing
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Agentic Ai
- Content Strategy
- Artificial Intelligence (ai)
- Generative Ai
- B2b Marketing
- Consumer Marketing
- General Management
Career Highlights
- Led the launch of Rubrik Agent Cloud, a major product line.
- Created the world's first 'undo' for AI agents in four weeks.
- Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice for thought leadership.
Work Experience
Rubrik
Product Marketing & GTM Leader, AI & SaaS (1 yr 8 mos)
Agentic AI with Varun
AI Education and Thought Leadership (2 yrs 4 mos)
Veritas Technologies LLC
Global Lead, AI (1 yr)
Product Marketing Leader - Generative AI and Data Security (1 yr 8 mos)
YouTube
Educational AI Content - Generative AI with Varun (2 yrs)
Octane
Director of Product Marketing (2 yrs)
Interim Head of Marketing (1 yr)
General Mills
Product Marketing Leader (2 yrs)
University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
MBA Candidate (2 yrs)
Western Digital
Software Development Engineer (4 yrs)
Education
Masters in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration - MBA at UMN Carlson School of Management
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Delhi College of Engineering
