SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Teradata
(NYSE: TDC), the leading cloud-based data and analytics company,
today announced the election of Joanne
Olsen to its board of directors, effective June 15, 2018. The new appointment expands the
board from 10 to 11 directors and adds new enterprise-scale cloud
expertise from one of the industry's most senior leaders.
Most recently, Ms. Olsen served as Executive Vice President of
Oracle Global Cloud Services and Support until she retired in
August 2017. In that role, she drove
Oracle's cloud transformation services and support strategy,
partnering with leaders across all business units. Ms. Olsen led a
team of cloud customer experience experts, covering customer
success, implementation success, consulting, support, education,
and managed cloud services. She previously served as Senior Vice
President and leader of Oracle's applications sales, alliances, and
consulting organizations in North
America. Ms. Olsen began her career with IBM, where, over
the course of more than three decades, she held a variety of
executive management positions across sales, global financing and
hardware.
"We are pleased to welcome Joanne
Olsen to our board," said James
Ringler, Chairman, Teradata Corporation. "Joanne is an
industry thought leader who truly understands how the cloud can
lead to greater customer success, and she has a long history of
transforming large organizations. Teradata is on the leading edge
of cloud-based analytics, and we know that Joanne's experience in
managing global cloud services will greatly contribute to our
leading position in the market."
Ms. Olsen was selected following a comprehensive search
conducted by the board. She joins the Teradata board as a Class III
director. Ms. Olsen's expertise will assist Teradata in maintaining
its position as the leading cloud-based data and analytics company.
With business solutions that help customers analyze anything,
anywhere, Teradata gives its customers the most reliable, secure
and proven path to the cloud using the trusted gold standard for
enterprise-class analytics and innovative licensing structures
designed to de-risk the buying decision.
"Joanne brings a strong mix of sales, support, and product
management experience to our team, along with a keen understanding
of scale, SaaS business models, and enterprise technology
go-to-market strategies," said Victor
Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer of Teradata
Corporation. "We are pleased to welcome her to the board as we
continue to develop the world's most powerful data and analytics
solutions."
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