Cloudera has appointed Keir Garrett as its new Vice President for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), based in Sydney. This move comes at a critical time for Cloudera as it releases new hybrid data capabilities and broadens its hybrid data footprint in the area.
Ms Garrett joins Cloudera with more than 20 years of experience in management, strategic consulting, and digital transformation.
“One of the first places in the world to use hybrid data technology is the ANZ region.
Our customers are committed to achieving ambitious growth goals in both cloud and on-premises environments,” Remus Lim, vice president for APAC and Japan at Cloudera, adds.
“However, this ambition for quick growth also reflects a greater need to adopt more stringent data security and governance standards.”
The management of Cloudera expressed trust in Ms Garrett’s abilities to “help our clients move their data transformation projects along quickly”.
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Garrett most recently served as CEO of Crayon for two years, and before that, she was Head of Software, Cloud, Advisory, Professional & Managed Services Sales at Datacom.
She formerly held a number of leadership roles at Microsoft, SAP, and Infor.
Ms Garrett recognized the evolving needs of data-savvy clients, as well as the necessity to do more with their data in order to remain competitive.
Cloudera also announced the addition of Atturra as its newest channel partner in Australia to its ecosystem.
Atturra is one of the largest IT service management companies that is 100% Australian-owned and together with Cloudera will be looking at opportunities to drive more specialist data momentum within the tertiary sector.
