Infrastructure management services firm Virtana has appointed Paul Appleby as its new chief executive officer, to help large firms get the most out of their increasingly capital-intensive on-premise and hybrid cloud data centre investments.
Appleby has previously held CEO and other leadership positions at Elastic, Kinetica, BMC Software, Salesforce, and Travelex.
Ron Sege, executive chairman of Virtana, said: "Paul's proven track record of building high-performing teams, developing successful growth strategies, and leading companies through periods of significant expansion makes him the ideal candidate to lead Virtana into its next phase.
“His deep understanding of the AI/analytics, IT Infrastructure, and enterprise applications markets, coupled with his experience scaling businesses, will be instrumental in driving Virtana's continued success."
Appleby added: "Virtana's infrastructure observability solution is a game-changer for organisations looking to maximise the return from their on-premise and hybrid investments, which will increase rapidly as GenAI applications are increasingly deployed.”
Appleby succeeds Kash Shaikh, who led the company to profitability during his tenure.
