红帽任命张先民博士为红帽公司大中华区总裁

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世界领先的开源解决方案提供商红帽公司(纽约证券交易所代码:RHT)今天宣布任命业内资深人士张先民博士为红帽公司大中华区总裁。

张先民博士拥有超过25年的行业经验,在中国的开源领域享有盛誉。之前曾任职Novell和IBM公司,自2000年以来一直是IBM公司推动LINUX业务的主要发言人。

红帽公司副总裁兼亚太区总经理范吕文(Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen)表示:“大中华区是红帽的关键市场,用户需要可靠且安全的开源技术来支持业务需求以实现增长,本地政府推动的主要IT项目也将带来更多的 机遇。凭借张先民博士在大中华区和韩国市场上成功的业务经验,我相信他能更进一步的培育和推进这个地区的业务发展”。

红帽公司大中华区总裁张先民博士表示:“我非常高兴能加盟红帽公司,红帽公司的快速增长以及为包括全球的证券交易所在内的大型企业提供领先开源解决方案的 技术实力已经有目共睹。本地市场的云计算已经从规划阶段发展为实施阶段,我们已经在着手准备帮助我们的用户来接受开放式混合云”。

张博士拥有一系列学术学位,包括西雅图城市大学MBA学位,以及爱荷华大学机械工程超级计算的博士学位。

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