Cloudera appoints new CEO

Charles Sansbury joins enterprise AI vendor Cloudera as CEO with objective of accelerating growth

Cloudera has appointed former ASG Technologies CEO, Charles Sansbury, as its new chief exec.

The enterprise AI vendor said Sansbury brings "extensive" leadership experience across the software industry.

He was CEO of ASG Technologies from 2015 until its 2021 sale to Rocket Software. Prior to that, he was COO of The Attachmate Group from 2011 until its 2014 sale to MicroFocus.

And he was CFO of The Attachmate Group from 2006 until 2011, and CFO of Vignette from 2001 until 2006.

"I am pleased to announce that Charles Sansbury has been appointed as Cloudera CEO," said Jeff Hawn, chairman of the board of directors.

"In his twenty-plus years in corporate leadership roles, Charles has architected and led successful business strategies and operational initiatives that have delivered accelerated business growth.

"His leadership will drive Cloudera's exciting hybrid data strategy in the era of AI that enables companies to benefit from all their data."

Sansbury commented: "I am grateful to the board for entrusting me with the leadership of Cloudera, and I am excited about the opportunity to take the company into its next phase of growth as the trusted enterprise AI company.

"With over 25m terabytes of data under management, Cloudera guides many Fortune 1000 enterprises who are focused on implementing open data lakehouses as a major step toward their expanded use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Sansbury's appointment as Cloudera Chief Executive Officer will be effective from 7 August 2023.