BIGDATA IT NEWS - Key Persons


A.J. O'Connor

A.J. O'Connor Associates (AJO) announced that Shannon O'Connor Bock has been named President, succeeding her father Andrew J. O'Connor III…

Bernie Wu

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Business Development
  • Experienced Business Development Leader Joins MemVerge
MemVerge®, the pioneers of Big Memory software, announced that Bernie Wu has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development.

Bret Maxwell

Job Titles:
  • Nerdio Board Members

Christiane Ohlgart

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ) Executive Leadership Team IGEL Kris Hamner - Chief People Officer ( CPO )
Christiane comes to IGEL from Fortinet, where she served as Vice President of Finance, working with the company's sales and channel leaders worldwide to support Fortinet's topline growth through the establishment of the right business models and channel programs. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for medical software startup, Syapse, Inc., and also served as Vice President of Finance for cloud communications platform provider, Intermedia. Earlier in her career, Christiane spent 15 years at SAP, where she held a succession of financial management roles that culminated as CFO for SAP subsidiary, SuccessFactors Inc., during which she was also a member of SAP's Global Finance Leadership Team and involved in strategic companywide decision making, as well as brokering the collaboration of the "traditional" SAP organizations with the highly agile and energetic acquired pure SaaS organizations (SuccessFactors and Ariba). Christiane holds a Diplom Wirtschafts-Ingenieur from University of Karlsruhe which is equivalent to a master's degree in Business and Computer Engineering.

Gavriella Schuster

Nerdio announced the appointment of former Microsoft Corporate Vice President and "Global Channel Chief," as well as leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advocate, Gavriella Schuster to its board of directors. Nerdio is a premier solution for organizations of all sizes looking to deploy virtual desktops in Microsoft Azure. Schuster brings a wealth of experience to Nerdio related to driving digital and cloud transformation for partners and organizations utilizing Microsoft technologies. In her former role as a Microsoft corporate vice president, she was responsible for the global recruitment, enablement, and engagement of Microsoft partners. During her 25-year tenure, she expanded the Microsoft partner ecosystem to over 90,000 cloud services partners with 12,000 published marketplace solutions and one trillion dollars in partner-driven sales value. "We are thrilled to welcome Gavriella to our board of directors amid a time of tremendous growth and opportunity for our company," said Vadim Vladimirskiy, CEO and co-founder, Nerdio. "Her proven track record of partner-related accomplishments and driving organizational success on a global scale will be advantageous in propelling Nerdio's international growth and adoption by organizations interested in leveraging Microsoft technologies." Schuster's expertise will support and strengthen Nerdio's continued investments in its growing customer base and community. Current initiatives include expanding its staff and presence internationally in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

James Millington

Job Titles:
  • Appointed VP Product and Vertical Marketing Role at IGEL
IGEL announced the appointment of James Millington to the newly created position of Vice President of Product and Vertical Marketing.…

Jed Ayres

Job Titles:
  • Named ControlUp CEO, Asaf Ganot Takes on Executive Chairman Role
ControlUp has announced the appointment of Jed Ayres, as CEO. The former IGEL CEO and software transformational leader and channel…

Jeff Byal

Job Titles:
  • Named Alludo Chief Financial Officer
Alludo has announced that it has named Jeff Byal as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Alludo is the global…

Jose Ruiz - SVP

Job Titles:
  • SVP
Stream Data Centers announces that it is continuing the strategic build out of its leadership team with the addition of Jose Ruiz…

Klaus Oestermann

Job Titles:
  • Appointed CEO of IGEL
  • IGEL Board As Executive Chair
IGEL announced the appointment of Klaus Oestermann as CEO. A proven leader in growing global software businesses, Oestermann succeeds Jed Ayres who will… IGEL announced that Klaus Oestermann has joined the IGEL Board as Executive Chair. Oestermann will spearhead the IGEL leadership team…

Kris Hamner

Kris Hamner joins IGEL from JSR corporation, where he was responsible for building the first Global People team and strategy across multiple divisions and subsidiaries across the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan in life sciences, biotech, semiconductor, and materials sciences. Prior to that, he served as Vice President for Global Human Resources for Astreya, a fast-growing managed services provider. During his career, Kris has also held a succession of global human resources leadership roles at technology industry leaders Hewlett Packard Enterprise, FIT, and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Kris holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, and a bachelor's degree in Human Resources from the University of Nevada.

Leigh Porter

Leigh Porter's first love is to love people. Beginning her career as a neonatal RN was an obvious choice until life threw the curve ball to embark on a new IT endeavor. Pursuing this fresh career was a piece of cake with her resilient and steadfast character. Outside of the office, Leigh also diligently gives much of her time faithfully as a nationally awarded volunteer leader to a very dear to her heart organization.

Melissa Puls

Job Titles:
  • Joins Ivanti As Chief Marketing Officer
Ivanti has named Melissa Puls as senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO). Puls brings decades of experience to…

Rita M. Gardner

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO of Melmark, Inc. Has Been Named 38 on the Commonwealth Institute 's ( TCI ) List of
Rita M. Gardner, President and CEO of Melmark, Inc. has been named #38 on The Commonwealth Institute's (TCI) list of…

Sanjay Poonen Appointed

Job Titles:
  • Cohesity CEO and President
Cohesity announced the appointment of Sanjay Poonen as CEO and President. He will also join the Cohesity Board of Directors. Poonen…

Sean Milner - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Sales
  • VP of Sales
Sean Milner has Joined MemVerge as VP of Sales MemVerge™ announced that experienced executive Sean Milner has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. As part of the…

Shannon O'Connor Bock

Job Titles:
  • Named President of AJO

Tarkan Maner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the IGEL Board
IGEL announced the appointment of Tarkan Maner to the IGEL Board as a Board Member. Maner brings deep expertise across the end user computing (EUC) and cloud computing industry segments and will provide pivotal expertise and insights to IGEL leadership as the company enters a phase of rapid growth and expansion. "Tarkan is one of the most accomplished executives in the Cloud and EUC space, with serial successes in the industry that span decades," said Jed Ayres, CEO, IGEL. "We are incredibly privileged to have him join the IGEL Board. Throughout his impressive career, Tarkan has been front and center to significant milestones in the evolution of EUC and cloud computing. His vision, expertise in execution and strategic contributions will play a valuable role in our strategic growth plans." As a member of the IGEL Board, Maner will leverage his deep industry expertise and vision to help guide the next phase of IGEL's growth. As IGEL builds on its position as software-only vendor, expands its partnerships with leading device manufacturers and leads the EUC market with the innovations that enable the anywhere digital workplace, he will provide the proven strategies IGEL needs to capitalize on the growth opportunities ahead. "IGEL is at the center of a revolution in end user computing, and I believe they are perfectly positioned to lead the charge in this massive digital transformation from the endpoint and the edge to the Cloud," said Maner. "IGEL is building the foundation for a new era of cloud-based digital workspaces with a hybrid multicloud approach. I look forward to joining the IGEL Board and the IGEL family as we work together to chart the course for growth, expansion and industry leadership in today's hybrid IT world." Maner has decades of experience in the EUC and cloud computing industry. At Nutanix, as the Chief Commercial Officer, he has been instrumental in the hybrid multi cloud transition of the company as the market leader. He currently leads global go-to-market ecosystems, business, and corporate development efforts. Before joining Nutanix, he served as Chairman and CEO at Nexenta Systems, Inc., a leader in open source-based Software Defined Data Centre, leading the organization from its open-source community-centric startup state to hybrid cloud and high-performance computing enterprise market leadership through its acquisition by DataDirect Networks (DDN) in May 2019. Prior to Nexenta, he was the President and CEO at Wyse Technology, the inventor of Cloud Client Computing segment one of the leading virtual desktop computing pioneers acquired by Dell in 2012. He also held executive roles at Dell, CA Technologies, IBM, and Sterling Software. Tarkan serves and has served on the boards of several market leading organizations including Invicti, Teradici, CloudCheckr, Wheels, and leading non-profit organizations and associations in Silicon Valley, including Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Tarkan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering management from Istanbul Technical University, an MBA from Midwestern State University and an AMP from Harvard Business School. Maner's position on the IGEL Board is effective January 1, 2023. He joins IGEL's existing board members including Bill Veghte, Jon Meeks, Stefan Dandl, Heiko Gloge and Nicolas Helms. Attendees of the industry's largest global EUC event, DISRUPT23, will hear from Maner as he provides valuable insights into the future of secure computing at the endpoint. Maner joins top executives from Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, HP, Lenovo, LG Business Solutions and many more, for the industry's most informative end user computing event. DISRUPT23 Munich will be held at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort on February 14 - 16, 2023. DISRUPT23 Nashville will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on April 3 - 5, 2023. Register today using the code PR2023 here, https://www.

Taylor Graham

Taylor Graham, marketing grad with an inner nature to be a perpetual researchist, currently all things IT. Personally and professionally, Taylor is one to know with her tenacity and encouraging spirit. When not working you can find her spending time with friends and family.

Thomas R. Fox - CFO, President

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • President
As President & CFO, Tom leads finance, accounting, corporate strategy, legal affairs, and workplace operations at Malwarebytes. He has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in high-growth technology businesses in both financial and operating roles. Before Malwarebytes, Tom was CFO of Angie's List, Inc. and prior to that he spent over a decade at NAVTEQ, and later Nokia, where he held executive and managerial roles across sales, product management, strategy, and investor relations. Tom also serves as an advisory board member at privately-held ZYAAH, Inc. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.