Cloudera has announced the appointment of charles sansbury as the new CEO. “We are delighted to announce that Charles Sansbury is the new CEO of Cloudera”, explains Jeff Hawn, Administration Counsel President. “In his more than twenty years in leadership roles, Charles has designed and directed highly successful business strategies and corporate initiatives that have fueled the growth of his companies. His leadership will drive the exciting hybrid data strategy that Cloudera is pursuing in the era where AI will enable companies to get the most out of all their data.”
Sansbury brings extensive leadership experience in the software industry to Cloudera. He has been CEO of ASG Technologies from 2015 until its sale in 2021 to Rocket Software. Previously, he was COO of The Attachmate Group from 2011 to 2014, where he also served as CFO from 2006 to 2011. Additionally, from 2001 to 2006 he was CFO of Vignette.
“I am grateful to the board of directors for trusting me to lead a company like Cloudera and I am excited about the opportunity to position ourselves as the trusted enterprise AI company,” added Sansbury. “Cloudera drew me in because of the quality of its team, its top-tier clients, and its position as a technology leader that provides essential capabilities for deploying enterprise AI. With more than 25 million terabytes of data under its management, it helps many Fortune 1000 companies looking to implement open data lakehouses as an important step toward developing AI and machine learning in their corporate environments. I am confident that the company will continue to grow in this leadership position.” The appointment of Charles Sansbury as CEO of Cloudera will be effective on August 7, 2023.
