A Red Hat, global company providing open source solutions, there is a new Country Manager for Brazil. Sandra Vaz, current Vice President of the Partner Ecosystem for Latin America, assume the position that was held in the last decade by Gilson Magalhães, appointed Vice President and General Manager for the region in October of this year. First woman to take over the company's leadership in the country, Sandra will have the mission of maintaining the rapid growth of the company, expanding the use of open source solutions to drive innovative projects, like PIX.
The focus of the new Country Manager will be on driving the adoption of emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence, virtualization and automation, in addition to continuing the work of consolidating alliances with importantplayers. "It is an honor to take on this position", even more so being the first woman in charge of the company's operations in the Country, Sandra stated. "The history of Red Hat is written by its disruptive nature", avant-garde mindset and collaborative culture, brands that, certainly, I will spare no effort to continue promoting in the local context, completed.
With over 30 years of experience in the IT market, Sandra joined Red Hat in 2021 with the challenge of managing and developing strategic channels and alliances to promote sustainable growth for Red Hat and its partners in Latin America. In your career, accumulates positions in important leadership roles in companies in the sector such as Oracle, where he spent more than 14 years, SAP, Bull and Cobra Computers
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Founded in 1993 in Raleigh, in the United States, Red Hat arrived in Latin America in 2006, with offices in Brazil and Argentina. Since then, has been gaining the trust of hundreds of clients in the public and private sectors throughout the region. With several success cases in different areas, the company positioned itself as the main driver of open hybrid cloud, with a robust portfolio of solutions that have helped companies in the region advance in their digital transformation. Recent initiatives such as the PIX cases, Bank of the Amazon and the Prodesp database, São Paulo State Technology Agency, they corroborate the company's good practices.
A large part of this journey in Brazil was led by Gilson Magalhães, that alongside other executives and specialists boosted the region's results. We experience challenges, but we have achieved 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, highlighted Magalhães.
For the executive, in charge of operations for Latin America since October, the Brazilian office is in excellent hands. "Sandra is an exemplary professional", with extensive knowledge in the open source universe and enterprise IT, in addition to a wide relationship with partners and clients from across the sector. I am sure that we are starting to write a new and important chapter of Red Hat in Brazil, with results that, without a doubt, will continue to position the Country as one of the world's protagonists of the company, закінчує.
