Romain Picard EMEA VP, Cloudera

Cloudera, Inc.http://www.cloudera.com/ promoted of Romain Picard to EMEA VP.

In his new role, he will oversee all of the company’s EMEA field operations and strategy, reporting into COO Scott Aronson.

He joined Cloudera from SAP in 2014, overseeing the Southern European Region (SEMEA). Under his leadership, the region saw growth and momentum. As EMEA VP, he will work with regional leadership to capture the growth opportunity for public, multi and hybrid cloud across the region. Additionally, he will align the development of services and products with the current needs of its customers in order to support them over the long term.

“Businesses across all sectors are in a constant state of evaluation and evolution. Digital transformation is driving new business models and opportunities. To seize these, enterprises have to have the right data strategy in place. It is the difference between being a market leader or laggard,” said Picard. “I am energised to take on this new role because I firmly believe that our platform drives the business value companies need, in order to be digitally successful. We’ve got the right technology, the right team, an incredible partner ecosystem and excellent momentum.”

“Romain’s strategic vision and strong, collaborative leadership has enabled us to work with some of the most innovative companies in Europe. As we look to the future, I have every confidence that, working with the strong team we have in EMEA, Romain is going to super charge our growth across the region. I know he will achieve great things in his new role,” said Aronson.