Red Hat appoints Greg Symon

Mumbai: Red Hat has named Greg Symon as VP and General Manager-North American Sales. With more than 25 years of business and sales experience, Symon will play a key leadership role in the development and execution of Red Hat's North American sales strategy and growth.

"We are very pleased to attract someone of Greg's caliber to lead our North American sales team," said Alex Pinchev, Executive VP and President-Global Sales, Services and Field Marketing. "His extensive experience in the software industry in combination with his proven leadership skills makes Symon ideally suited to drive Red Hat's sales strategy. Greg will be invaluable in helping Red Hat continue expansion across our enterprise customer base and further develop our presence in the North American market."

Prior to Red Hat, Symon held various senior sales management and business development positions during a 22-year tenure with Intel Corporation. He most recently served as Senior MD and Founder of Intel's Global Software Relations organization within the company's Software Solutions Group. In this role, Symon led the creation and development of the software influencer organization focused on developing and maintaining global relationships with partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Operating System Vendors (OSVs) to ensure success with the ecosystem and end-user account engagements.

Throughout his career, Symon has focused on direct and indirect sales, technology enablement programs and initiatives at Fortune 500 end-user customers, system integrators, outsourcers, ISVs and OSVs. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing Management from Western Connecticut State University, where he also founded and presided as President of the university's American Marketing Association chapter.