SUSE appoints Vishal Ghariwala as its chief technology officer for APJ and Greater China
SUSE has announced the appointment of Vishal Ghariwala as its new chief technology officer (CTO) for the AsiaPacific and Japan (APJ), and Greater China regions. He brings to SUSE more than 20 years of experience in cloud computing, cloud native applications and middleware. He has spent half his career working in open source companies.
As the new CTO for APJ and Greater China, he will focus on executive level engagement with key customers and partners and on growing SUSE’s mindshare in the industry. Ghariwala’s vast technical experience will also see him support the global office of the CTO’s objectives in identifying and driving innovative technologies and opportunities in enterprise Linux, Kubernetes management and edge solutions to benefit SUSE and its customers. He will be based in the Singapore office.
He joins SUSE from Red Hat where he was director for cloud native application platforms. Before that, he also held key technical and presales roles in government and tech companies such as Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, ILOG and IBM.
Thomas Di Giacomo, chief product and technology officer, SUSE, said, “Vishal is a passionate leader who brings with him a wealth of experience in the tech sector. He has an admirable record of success in propelling and growing enterprises under his portfolio. I am confident that he will add immense value to SUSE and our customers as we continue to innovate and evolve ahead of the times.”
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iText joins the MuleSoft Technology Partner Program
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