SUSE, a global provider of open source solutions,has announced the appointment of Neeraj Athalye as its managing director for India.
The company collaborates with partners, communities and customers to deliver and support open source software solutions.
The leadership appointment follows it’s fourth quarter results which saw continued global growth, according to the announcement made, as well as the closing of the acquisition of Rancher Labs.
Together with Rancher, SUSE now offers the adaptable Linux operating system, interoperable Kubernetes Management platform, and Edge solutions.
“As India pivots to becoming a global enabler of digitally native products and services, this is a great time to contribute to its growth story,” Neeraj said. “I am keen to build a customer-centric organization with innovation at its core. With existing Indian brands already leveraging SUSE solutions, I look forward to accelerating their open source adoption and building a robust DevOps practice across strategic system integrators and partners.”
Phillip Miltiades, president of SUSE Asia Pacific & Japan, said, “Known for his ability to build innovation frameworks and lead some of the most iconic and resilient teams in the industry, Neeraj will bring to SUSE the ability to drive results for our customers. Following the acquisition of Rancher, it is a great time to further SUSE’s impact in India. Neeraj will be a great leader for both the existing team and the team he will hire.”
As an engineer, Neeraj brings 25 years of experience from organizations like Geometric Software, MatrixOne (now Dassault Systems) and SAP, with accomplishments spanning greenfield projects, modernizing architecture and other high-impact endeavors.
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