Mark Ablett President, Digital Infrastructure Business Unit, Hitachi Vantara

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. announced the promotion of sales and go-to-market leader Mark Ablett to the role of president, digital infrastructure business unit.

This unit serves 80% of the Fortune 100 with data storage, hyperconverged and converged infrastructure, data protection, IT management, and edge-to-cloud infrastructure services.

“A high-performance digital infrastructure is the foundation upon which every data-driven organization builds competitive advantage. With the datasphere set to grow five times larger in just the next five years, our industry-leading digital infrastructure has never been more important to our clients and to our business,” said Gajen Kandiah, CEO. “There’s no-one more passionate about our company, its people, and solving clients’ data challenges than Mark. I’m confident he will help us ontinue to gain share in a market that is clearly bouncing back.”

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to lead this world-class team,” said Ablett. “And I couldn’t be more excited at the prospect of what we can do to accelerate and simplify our clients’ data-driven journeys.“

He joined Hitachi Vantara as SVP and GM of AsiaPac in 2015. He assumed WW responsibility for digital infrastructure go-to-market strategy in 2017 and was promoted to chief revenue officer of the digital infrastructure business unit in February 2020. Prior to joining Hitachi Vantara, he held a number of leadership positions at Juniper Networks and SpectraLink.

He will report to Kandiah.