Teradata Appoints Richard Petley as Chief Revenue Officer
April 05 2024 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) today announced the appointment
of Richard Petley as Chief Revenue Officer, effective immediately.
Petley was previously Teradata’s EVP, Global Sales, and he succeeds
Todd Cione, who is leaving the Company to pursue another
professional opportunity.
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Petley joined Teradata in April 2022 as EVP, EMEA Regional
Sales, and expanded his role to lead sales teams in EMEA and APJ in
February 2023. He has made significant contributions to the
Company’s ongoing business transformation and has driven strong
performance in both international regions. Petley brings more than
20 years of sales experience in prior senior sales leadership roles
at Oracle and IBM.
“Rich has demonstrated outstanding leadership and played an
important role in our growth and profitability since joining
Teradata two years ago, and we believe he is the ideal person to
serve as CRO at this stage of our business transformation,” said
Steve McMillan, President and CEO, Teradata. “He brings a track
record of strong sales success both at Teradata and in his previous
roles at Oracle and IBM. Our board and senior management team
deliberately take the time to identify and cultivate talent across
the organization, and as a result, Teradata has a solid bench of
leaders ready to execute our plans and drive growth.”
“I am honored to take on this important role at Teradata and to
work with Steve and our talented sales teams to deliver on our
profitable growth plans,” said Petley. “As we drive our strategy of
building the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for
trusted AI, we are focused on accelerating our sales execution,
strengthening partner success and enhancing outstanding customer
experiences.”
McMillan continued, “We also want to thank Todd for his
dedication and contributions to Teradata. We wish him well in the
next stage of his career.”
About Richard Petley
Petley previously served as Teradata’s EVP, Global Sales,
following a progression of increasing senior sales leadership roles
at the Company. In his roles leading Teradata’s sales teams for
EMEA, then all of International, and most recently, all Global
Sales, Petley has driven clear account planning and a strong
pipeline of opportunities for ongoing value creation. Recognized as
a collaborative leader, Petley is also a strong advocate for
sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion. He came to
Teradata from Oracle, where he was SVP, Western Europe, for Oracle
Cloud, and Managing Director, Oracle UK. In these roles, he drove
significant growth of Oracle’s cloud portfolio and external
ecosystem. Prior to Oracle, Petley held sales leadership positions
at IBM, with consistent success in growth areas of enterprise
software, SaaS and AI.
About Teradata
At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with
trusted information. We offer the most complete cloud analytics and
data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data and trusted
AI/ML, we enable more confident decision-making, unlock faster
innovation, and drive the impactful business results organizations
need most.
See how at Teradata.com.
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