Data and AI company Databricks has appointed transformative leader Naveen Zutshi as the company’s chief information officer (CIO).
Zutshi (pictured) will join the firm executive leadership team and oversee its global information technology functions.
“Naveen’s ability to build and lead world-class IT teams and his experience driving business transformation in high-growth organisations make him an ideal fit for Databricks’ next chapter of growth,” said Ali Ghodsi, CEO and Co-founder of Databricks. “We are excited to welcome Naveen to team Databricks to lead the charge as our first CIO.”
Zutshi brings with him decades of IT leadership expertise to the role, having recently spent six years as CIO at Palo Networks, and previously served as senior VP of technology at Gap Inc.
“Databricks is trailblazing the future of data architecture with its Lakehouse platform, and I am thrilled to be part of the journey as CIO,” added Zutshi. “I look forward to collaborating with the exceptional team at Databricks to better support our customers and enable rapid scale of our business.”
