MapR Technologies names Scott Hubbard as ANZ managing director

Converged data platform vendor MapR Technologies has named Scott Hubbard as its new ANZ managing director following the departure of Paul Bennett.

Hubbard commenced his role on June after being promoted from territory manager, which he held from July 2017 when he joined the company.

“I’d like to thank the team for their support in allowing me to step up and take on the leadership role of our ANZ business,” he said.

“My challenge is now to ensure the recent successes in our business are translated into continuous growth and making MapR the big data partner and employer of choice here in ANZ.”

Prior to joining MapR, Hubbard held sales management roles with DXC’s Oxygen, Innture, Cloudera, Informatica and ASG, among others.

Also taking on a new role in MapR is regional director Mike Pamphilon, who was named national sector lead for the vendor's government and resources and energy businesses.

Meanwhile, senior director of alliances and channel Derek Judge will take on an expanded role as senior director for alliances and solution engineering for APAC, where he is tasked to lead the solution engineering team in addition to alliances and channels.

"The changes announced today are designed to help us accelerate the execution of our strategy, and serve our customers and partners better," MapR Asia-Pacific vice president Simon Dale said.

"They will undoubtedly strengthen our ability to deliver strong financial performance, drive business growth, meet changing customer demands in how they manage their big data environments, and enable strategic innovation across our regional business."

MapR recently signed an agreement with NextGen Distribution to be its first distributor in Australia and New Zealand, and is also looking to further expand its partner network.