Red Hat announces Sandra Vaz as Country Manager for Brazil

Red Hat, a global open source solutions provider, has a new Country Manager for Brazil. Sandra Vaz, current Vice President of the Partners Ecosystem for Latin America, assumes the position that was occupied in the last decade by Gilson Magalhaes, appointed Vice President and General Manager for the region in October this year.The first woman to take over the direction of the company in the country, Sandra will have the mission of maintaining the company's accelerated growth, expanding the use of open source solutions to boost innovative projects such as PIX. 

The focus of the new Country Manager will be on driving the incorporation of emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence, virtualization and automation, as well as continuing the work of consolidating alliances with important players“It is an honor to take on this position, even more being the first woman in charge of the company's operations in the country”, said Sandra.“The history of Red Hat is written by its disruptive nature, avant-garde mentality and collaborative culture, brands that certainly will not measure efforts to continue propagating in the local context”, he added. 

With more than 30 years of experience in the IT market, Sandra joined Red Hat in 2021 with the challenge of managing and developing channels and strategic alliances to promote the sustainable growth of Red Hat and partners in Latin America. In her career, she accumulates passages in important leadership positions in companies in the sector such as Oracle, where she spent more than 14 years, SAP, Bull and Cobra Computers.

Consolidated market

Founded in 1993 in Raleigh, United States, Red Hat arrived in Latin America in 2006, with offices in Brazil and Argentina. Since then, it has been gaining the trust of hundreds of public and private sector customers throughout the region. With several successful cases on different fronts, the company has positioned itself as the main driver of the open hybrid cloud, with a robust portfolio of solutions that have helped companies in the region to advance their digital transformation. Recent initiatives such as the cases of PIX, Amazon Bank and the database of Prodesp, a technology agency of the State of Sao Paulo, corroborate the good practices of the company. 

A large part of this trajectory in Brazil was led by Gilson Magalhaes, who along with other executives and experts leveraged the results of the region.“We have experienced challenges, but we have gained great opportunities to boost open source in the country.Our conviction in an open and collaborative work model has allowed us to lead innovation in IT over the years, consolidating the name of Red Hat in the country as an important partner of public and private initiatives”, said Magalhaes. 

For the executive, at the head of operations for Latin America since October, the Brazilian office is in excellent hands.“Sandra is an exemplary professional, with extensive knowledge in the universe of open source and business IT, as well as a broad relationship with partners and customers from all over the sector. I am sure that we are starting to write a new and important chapter of Red Hat in Brazil, with results that will undoubtedly continue to place the country as one of the world protagonists of the company”, he concludes.