Verkada Names New EMEA VP to Accelerate International Expansion

New updates have been reported about Verkada.

Verkada has appointed Mark Coates as Vice President of EMEA, signaling a push to deepen its presence across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and capitalize on growing demand for cloud-based, AI-powered physical security. Coates will lead regional strategy, operations, and go-to-market execution as Verkada scales its customer and partner base in these markets, taking over from outgoing EMEA VP Ardon Anderson, who grew the business by more than 700% and expanded into the Middle East, DACH, and Southern Europe. Chief Revenue Officer Eric Salava highlighted EMEA as a critical growth engine for Verkada, citing strong interest from enterprises and high-growth organizations modernizing from legacy, on-premise systems.

Coates brings nearly three decades of enterprise technology and security leadership, including his most recent role as EMEA Vice President at Gigamon, where he restructured the region and delivered sustained double-digit revenue growth and three consecutive years of record performance. His prior experience at Digital Realty, where he increased North and West EMEA revenue by over 30% and supported the integration of Interxion following its $8.5 billion acquisition, underscores his background in scaling complex, high-growth operations. Coates said he was attracted by Verkada’s ambition and momentum in unifying video security, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace solutions, and intercoms on a single cloud platform, positioning the company to benefit from long-term structural shifts in building and physical security. He will appear at VerkadaOne in London on 19 March 2026 to discuss cloud physical security trends with customers and partners, underlining Verkada’s intent to use regional thought leadership and ecosystem engagement to support its next phase of international expansion.