Key new hires at SentinelOne, Veritone, Datto, NTT Data, plus tech events like WWDC20, SwampUP, and more this week in IT.
PEOPLE
1. Altimetrik Gets New CEO
Digital transformation company AltimetrikOpens a new window announced the appointment of Raj SundaresanOpens a new window as their new CEO. He has served the company as Chief Operating Officer since 2017.
2. Radhesh Menon Datto’s New Chief Product Officer
DattoOpens a new window , the cloud-based software and technology solutions provider, appointed Radhesh MenonOpens a new window as the Chief Product Officer. Menon will handle the company’s global product strategy for developing offerings that support MSPs and the small and medium businesses (SMBs) that the company’s clients. Radhesh Menon was the CMO at Robin.io before joining Datto.
3. Federos Names Keith Buckley as Chief Executive Officer
AI-optimized solutions provider FederosOpens a new window has named Keith BuckleyOpens a new window as their new Chief Executive Officer. Buckley will deploy his over 25 years of experience to restructure the company’s operations, optimize product development and expand worldwide. Earlier, he was President and CEO of The Switch Enterprises, a content production and delivery service for streaming and broadcast networks.
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4. Former Google, Microsoft CMO Joins Genesys
Joyce KimOpens a new window has joined GenesysOpens a new window , provider of cloud customer experience and contact center solutions as Chief Marketing Officer. She will succeed Merijn te Booij, who now serves as general manager (GM) for its new business unit, Employee Engagement Solutions. Kim has proven experience from her previous positions at Arm, Skype, Microsoft, and Google.
5. GlobalLogic Appoints Steve Pusey as Chairman of the Boards
GlobalLogic Inc.Opens a new window , a leader in Digital Product Engineering, has named Steve PuseyOpens a new window as the Chairman of the company’s board of directors. Previously, Pusey was the Chief Technology Officer of the Vodafone Group.
6. Gary Hix Joins Hitachi Vantara Federal as Chief Technology Officer
Data-driven solutions and services provider for the Federal Government, Hitachi Vanatar FederalOpens a new window , has appointed Gary HixOpens a new window as their Chief Technology Officer. Hix will be responsible for ensuring Hitachi Vantara products meet stringent federal government requirements, as well as developing solutions customized to their specific needs.
7. NTT America Gets New CEO
NTT Ltd.Opens a new window , a global technology services provider, hired Simon Walsh as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the company’s business in America. Prior to joining NTT, Walsh was the CEO of North America at Atos. He will look after managing the end-to-end go-to-market, sales, delivery, operations, and profitability.
8. Christian Goffi Becomes Vice President of Channel Sales at Nutanix
NutanixOpens a new window has appointed Christian Goffi as the new Vice President for Americas Channel Sales. He is succeeding Christian Alvarez, who has now been promoted to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channels. Before joining Nutanix, Goffi was Sr. Director – Head of Channel & Distribution Sales at Juniper Networks. He will manage all the partner strategies and execution of go-to-market programs within the Americas to develop sales and distribution programs.
9. Productiv Appoints Apurva Davé as VP of Marketing
ProductivOpens a new window , the leading enterprise SaaS Management Platform welcomed Apurva Davé as their new Vice President of Marketing. He will manage all the company’s go-to-market strategy, community development, and communications. Davé served as CMO at cloud-native DevOps company Sysdig before joining Productiv.
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10. SentinelOne Hires Chuck Fontana as SVP of Corporate & Business Development
SentinelOneOpens a new window , the autonomous cybersecurity platform, has appointed Chuck FontanaOpens a new window as Senior Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. He will be heading the business and corporate (M&A) development functions, supporting the company to become the world’s next excellent cybersecurity platform. Fontana has been in the industry for 20 years and comes to SentinelOne from Okta, where he was Vice President of the Okta Integration Network.
11. Veritone Brings New heads to Communications and Marketing
Artificial intelligence technology and solutions provider VeritoneOpens a new window has extended the executive team with Thor Valdmanis as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Locke Truong as Vice President of Marketing for Media & Entertainment and Monetization and Ryan Bazler as Vice President of Marketing for aiWARE.
12. VirSec Appoints Dave Furneaux as the new CEO
VirsecOpens a new window , the company that protects critical applications during runtime, announced Dave Furneaux as their new CEO. Furneaux has been with the company since 2014 as a member of the board and has been a key contributor to the company’s strategic direction and mission.
EVENTS
1. Apple Kicks off WWDC20
Apple conducted the Worldwide Developers Conference 2020Opens a new window , aka WWDC20, an all-virtual event directly from Apple Park. The event kicked off on June 22 and will stretch through till June 29. The company used this opportunity to make a few revelationsOpens a new window about the future of Apple platforms.
2. DataBricks’ Spark+AI Summit 2020
DatabricksOpens a new window held the Spark+AI Summit 2020 from June 22 to June 26, which was virtual and free of charge this year. The five-day event was packed with 200 speaker and training sessions.
3. swampUP 2020 by JFrog
JFrog conducted swampUP 2020Opens a new window , a two-day virtual event on June 23 and June 24, divided into four different tracks: Cloud Native, DevSecOps, Enterprise DevOps, and Digital Transformation.
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