Movers

Linius Technologies (ASX: LNU), a Melbourne, Australia based company with its patented Video Virtualization Engine that converts cumbersome, static legacy video into agile, interactive, virtual video, has appointed Stephen Pech as its Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances.

Ola Sergatchov, a seasoned cybersecurity executive is joining GuardiCore from IBM. GuardiCore is a provider of internal data center and cloud security solutions. Sergatchov will lead GuardiCore's corporate strategy and go-to-market initiatives to drive growth on a global scale. 

Octave Klaba, CTO/CEO and founder of OVH Group, one of the world’s largest cloud and web hosting companies - of French origin, has appointed Michel Paulin as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the OVH Group. Michel Paulin will lead the execution of OVH’s “Smart Cloud” strategic plan.

Former Cisco CEO John Chambers has joined cloud management provider Rubrik as a Board Advisor and personally invested in the company. During his 25-year tenure at Cisco, Chambers helped grow Cisco from $70 million to $47 billion when he stepped down as CEO in 2015.

After nearly a decade of operating as an independent online marketing consulting for a broad set of clients in the online marketing space, Ty Lampella has joined the DreamHost team on a full-time basis. Within the Dreamhost executive team he will take on the role of vice president (VP) of Marketing.

Compass Datacenters has hired Andrew Salcido as Vice President of Operations. In this role, Salcido will lead Compass' facility operations and execute on Compass's vision to provide the most efficient staffing models and systems to support the current transition of data centers “from technology to utility-scale infrastructure.”

By hiring former Equinix CTO and veteran telecom executive, Ihab Tarazi, Packet - a bare metal cloud provider for developers - hopes to accelerate its product and technology leadership in hybrid cloud and edge computing.

Global cloud hosting services provider DigitalOcean, a company focused at developers and their teams, has hired Mark Templeton as chief executive officer (CEO), effective July 1. Templeton is the former president and CEO of Citrix Systems and will also join DigitalOcean’s board of directors.

Experienced professional with proven track record of managing growth takes charge of UK IT Division for Global Leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation.

Scalr has hired Larissa Crandall as Global Senior Director of Channel Sales. Crandall, who was honored as a ‘Top 100 Most Powerful Woman in the Channel’ and ‘Woman in the Channel’ by CRN in 2018 and 2017, is chartered with building out Scalr’s channel partner programs across the world.