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Rob Anderson Vice President, Worldwide Systems Engineering
Rob Anderson joins MapR as Vice President of Worldwide Systems Engineering, where he is in charge of managing MapR's worldwide systems engineering team. Prior to joining MapR, Rob served has Chief Technology Officer EMEA for the Isilon Storage Division of EMC Corporation, a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service (ITaaS). While at EMC, Rob led engineering teams in the development of Isilon’s industry-leading OneFS clustered file system, during which he jointly authored several patents. Earlier in his career, Rob held senior technical roles with Amazon and Equator Technologies.
Rob holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Washington and a B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from McGill University.
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John Bertero Vice President, Americas
John brings 30 years of experience in executive management and IT sales to MapR. As Vice President of Americas, he is in charge of building MapR's Americas sales team. Prior to joining MapR, John was Vice President of Avaya, a provider of enterprise communication systems. He has also held executive positions as Senior VP and General Manager of SAP, Vice President of EqualLogic (acquired by Dell), and Area Vice President of EMC. Earlier in his career, John held various management positions at Dun and Bradstreet Software, Banyan Systems and The ForeFront Group.
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Bill Bonin Vice President, Business Development
Bill leads the business development function at MapR. He is responsible for partnerships and alliances with technology and service providers that help customers realize the maximum possible value from MapR products. Bill previously held executive positions with VMware, EMC, and Rainfinity (EMC). At VMware and EMC, he championed the development of software-defined data management and managed alliances with strategically important data management and analytics partners. Prior to EMC, Bill led business development at Rainfinity.
Bill holds a BA from UC Berkeley, an MBA from UCLA, and a JD from the University of San Francisco.
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Xavier Guerin Vice President, Southern Europe and Benelux
Xavier Guerin joins MapR Technologies as VP of Southern Europe and Benelux. Xavier has 23 years of experience in EMEA and corporate business development for both small and large companies. Prior to joining MapR, Xavier was VP Sales, EMEA for Quantum, a global provider of data protection and big data management solutions. Prior to that role, Xavier was Senior Director, Southern Europe and Middle East, for Isilon Systems, where he was responsible for the implementation and business development of Isilon solutions in Southern Europe and the Middle East.
Xavier has an MBA, Entrepreneurship from the HEC School of Management, and a BA in Entrepreneurship from the Institut Supérieur du Commerce in Paris, France.
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Steve Jenkins Vice President, EMEA
Steve Jenkins has over 30 years of experience in EMEA operations. As Vice President EMEA for MapR, Steve is responsible for developing and driving MapR’s EMEA initiatives, while building and maintaining relationships with key decision makers in the region. Steve has built a strong reputation for creating new EMEA organizations and enhancing existing ones. Prior to joining MapR, Steve was VP EMEA for Q1 Labs, a provider of security information and event management (SIEM) and log management products. Prior to that role, he was VP EMEA for Isilon Systems, a leader in clustered storage systems and software for file-based data. Steve essentially started the EMEA organization within Isilon, and established offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Paris. Earlier in his career, Steve spearheaded EMEA operations for F5 Networks and led enterprise sales for Bay Networks and Nortel Networks.
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Jay Leonard Vice President Sales, East Region
Jay has been leading sales teams and driving growth strategies for technology companies for over 20 years. At MapR, Jay leads the East Region sales team in business strategy and execution. Prior to joining MapR, he was a Regional Vice President with Silver Spring Networks, a leader in standards-based Smart Grid networking products. In that role, he was responsible for the day-to-day management of the sales team as well as the management of key client relationships. Prior to joining Silver Spring Networks, Jay spent 14 years at EMC where he was most recently an Area Manager in New York focused on driving quarterly revenue growth in the region.
Jay has a BA in Political Science from Middlebury College in Vermont.
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Michele Nemschoff Vice President, Corporate Marketing
Michele joins MapR from PARC, a Xerox company, where she led the marketing team. Prior to that, Michele was a partner with Indigo Partners, developing and executing successful marketing strategies to drive growth for a variety of technology companies. Clients included BabyCenter, Hewlett-Packard, Intraware, Inxight Software, Kensington Technologies, and Plantronics.
Michele has also held marketing positions at Linuxcare, Apple, NeXT, Rand McNally, and Strategic Mapping. She spent a year with a UN- and EC-sponsored consulting group in Poland providing marketing advice and expertise to newly emerging private companies. Michele received an MBA from Stanford University and a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School.
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Suresh Ollala Vice President, Engineering Operations and QA
Suresh is responsible for MapR's release engineering and quality assurance operations. Prior to joining MapR, Suresh held numerous engineering positions at Informatica, most recently as Vice President R&D, where he led the quality engineering, build and release for unified Informatica data integration platform. Suresh is an expert in overseeing all aspects of R&D operations; while at Informatica, Suresh built and led a global R&D team of over 150 QA and R&D specialists located throughout the US, UK, and India. He also established a new offshore development center In India, where he led all aspects of the initiative, from staffing to IT infrastructure design. Suresh was educated at Nagpur University in Nagpur, India, where he earned a BS in Engineering.
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Kathy Do Controller
Kathy leads MapR’s accounting and finance team and is responsible for the financial management of the company. Prior to MapR, Kathy held the corporate controller position at Ravix Group, Xactly Corporation, Rainfinity, and SQRIBE. She has led companies by developing solid infrastructure in accounting and operations at start-up stage through successful growing companies. Her broad experience includes accounting system setup and implementation, foreign subsidiary expansion, financial planning, and cash management. Kathy has a B.S in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
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