Red Hat strengthens Asia-Pacific team

MUMBAI, INDIA: Red Hat, Inc., a global provider of open source solutions, today announced six senior management appointments to boost its Asia Pacific management team and position the company for growth in the region.

The appointments include two newly created roles focused on expanding the Red Hat partner ecosystem in Asia Pacific and accelerating the use of open source technology in enterprises in Asia, said a press release.

Arun Kumar has been named senior director of business development to spearhead the expansion of Red Hat’s partner ecosystem in the region to create a vibrant open source community. His priorities are to strengthen Red Hat’s relations with systems integrators and OEMs across the region and build regional programs for independent software vendors (ISVs).

Frank Feldmann, who takes on the role of director of business and technology solutions, will focus strongly on helping customers to take advantage of low-cost, high-value open source technology to build agile, flexible IT infrastructures. His responsibilities include developing business growth strategies for the entire Red Hat portfolio of products and services, including cloud and virtualization solutions and JBoss middleware technology. Feldmann has more than 14 years of experience in driving open standards and open source adoption.

Kenny Khow has been appointed as senior director of services, taking over this role from Arun Kumar. Khow will manage the Pre-Sales, Consulting (Global Professional Services) and Training (Global Learning Services) teams in Red Hat Asia Pacific / Japan.

Red Hat Asia Pacific also announced Arics Poon as president of Red Hat Greater China. He has responsibility for developing the sales and business strategy and direction for Red Hat’s business across China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

In South Korea, James Oh, the new general manager, oversees all aspects of Red Hat sales, marketing and services business in the country.

Adding to the strength of the regional team is Jean Chay, regional counsel, who will be responsible for contracts and negotiations and supporting the Red Hat regional office in legal matters.

“The new appointments underscore Red Hat’s commitment to expand our business in the region, taking advantage of the burgeoning opportunities,” said Gery Messer, president of Red Hat Asia Pacific / Japan. “Throughout the region, enterprises and governments are increasingly cognizant of the value of open source technology and are looking to Red Hat to provide open source solutions to meet their business needs.”