Leadership Team

Leading a revolution in data protection for MSPs

The Probax Leadership Team leads from the front. Made up of data protection innovators, experts and industry stalwarts, our leaders are on a mission to help MSP Partners protect business data everywhere.

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Tim Smith

Chief Executive Officer

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Tim’s experience in the data protection industry spans almost 20 years. Prior to joining Probax in January 2021, he was the Senior Vice President and GM for J2 Global’s Backup business with both B2B and B2C portfolio companies under management. Under Tim’s leadership, J2’s OffsiteDataSync business was named 2019 Veeam Partner of the Year and the 2020 Innovation Award winner in North America.

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Kevin Allan

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

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Kevin founded Probax in May 2005 after identifying that organizations have limited protection without an offsite copy of their data. Kevin's technical expertise and business leadership took Probax from an idea to one of Australia's fastest growing data protection platforms for Managed Service Providers (MSP) -  earning several awards along the way including the inaugural Veeam Innovation Award.

Kevin is a former MSP business owner and former data center owner and operator.

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Sam Meegahage

Chief Operating Officer

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Sam has over 15 years experience in senior leadership roles in IT Services (MSP) and Telecommunications. Prior to Probax, he was GM for ASX listed Inabox Group (acquired by MyNetFone in 2018) managing a $100m+ portfolio across its B2B and B2C channels. 

Sam joined Probax as Chief Executive Officer in August 2017 and led the company's expansion into North America in early 2018. 

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Will Hamaker

Senior Vice President of Global Sales
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Will has over 25 years’ experience in sales leadership having held senior roles at Dell, IBM and most recently Veeam (winning numerous sales recognition and achievement awards along the way).  Will has proven expertise in enterprise sales and managing sales teams to deliver multi-million dollar sales targets.

Will has always been on the leading edge of where the industry is going and Probax is uniquely positioned to exploit this trend. 

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Tim Smith

Chief Executive Officer
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Tim’s experience in the data protection industry spans almost 20 years. Prior to joining Probax in January 2021, he was the Senior Vice President and GM for J2 Global’s Backup business with both B2B and B2C portfolio companies under management. Under Tim’s leadership, J2’s OffsiteDataSync business was named 2019 Veeam Partner of the Year and the 2020 Innovation Award winner in North America. Prior to J2, Tim had leadership roles at both Dell EMC and Western Digital. Tim began his career as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse First Boston.
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Kevin Allan

Founder & Chief Technology Officer
about

Kevin founded Probax in May 2005 after identifying that organizations have limited protection without an offsite copy of their data. Kevin's technical expertise and business leadership took Probax from an idea to one of Australia's fastest growing data protection platforms for Managed Service Providers (MSP) -  earning several awards along the way including the inaugural Veeam Innovation Award.

Kevin is a former MSP business owner and former data center owner and operator.

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Sam Meegahage

Chief Operating Officer
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Sam has over 15 years experience in senior leadership roles in IT Services (MSP) and Telecommunications. Prior to Probax, he was GM for ASX listed Inabox Group (acquired by MyNetFone in 2018) managing a $100m+ portfolio across its B2B and B2C channels. 

Sam joined Probax as Chief Executive Officer in August 2017 and led the company's expansion into North America in early 2018. 

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Randolph C. Read

Non-Executive Director
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Randolph C. Read serves as a non-executive director of Probax. Mr. Read has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Nevada Strategic Credit Investments, LLC since 2009 and also serves as President of International Capital Markets Group, Inc. Mr. Read has previously served as President of a variety of other companies, and currently serves and has previously served on a number of public and private company boards. He has an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Tulane University.

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