Meet our leadership team | SUSE

Freedom to Innovate Everywhere starts with the commitment of our team. Meet the leaders behind one of the world’s largest independent open-source innovators.

Management Board

Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen

Chief Executive Officer

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Ian Halifax

Ian Halifax

Chief Financial Officer

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Andy McDonald

Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

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Executive Leadership

Frank Feldmann

Frank Feldmann

Chief Strategy Officer

Imran Khan

Imran Khan

Chief Customer Officer

Ivo Totev

Ivo Totev

Chief Marketing Officer

Lisa Sherwell

Lisa Sherwell

Chief People Officer

Dr. Thomas Di Giacomo

Dr. Thomas Di Giacomo

Chief Technology & Product Officer

Werner Knoblich

Werner Knoblich

Chief Revenue Officer

Supervisory Board

Arun Oberoi

Arun Oberoi

Arun is Chair of the Supervisory Board of SUSE

Stefan Gaiser

Stefan Gaiser

Stefan Gaiser is a member of the Supervisory Board at SUSE and Chair o...

Sabine Bendiek

Sabine Bendiek

Sabine Bendiek is a member of the Supervisory Board at SUSE

Johannes Reichel

Johannes Reichel is Partner and Co-Head of Technology, Private Equity...

Robert Maclean

Robert Maclean

Robert Maclean is a Partner in the Private Equity team at EQT Partners Ltd,...

Sascha Steck

Sascha Steck is a Director at EQT Partners and a member of EQT's global...

SVPs & VPs

Abhinav Puri

Abhinav Puri

General Manager, Portfolio Solutions & Services

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Ajay Patel

Ajay Patel

VP, Customer Success & Customer Experience

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Alan Chan

Alan Chan

General Manager, China, Taiwan & Hong Kong

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Andreas Prins

Andreas Prins

VP, Product Marketing

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Andrew Toole

Andrew Toole

VP Customer Support

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Anuj Kumar

SVP & GM North America

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April Cuthbert

April Cuthbert

Global Head of Rewards & Reporting

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Brent Schroeder

Brent Schroeder

Head of Office of the CTO, CTO Americas

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Camilla Keighley

Camilla Keighley

Divisional General Counsel for UK & EMEA

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Casey Woods

Casey Woods

VP Inside Sales

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Charlie Metz

Charlie Metz

VP Corporate Development, Strategy & ESG

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Christine Puccio

Christine Puccio

Global VP, Cloud

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Declan Oatley

Declan Oatley

VP Services EMEA

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Diego Akechi

Diego Akechi

Vice President, SAP Solutions

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Doug Alston

Doug Alston

VP Finance Operations

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Emma Willis

Emma Willis

Head of Tax and Treasury

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Jamie Rahbany

Jamie Rahbany

Vice President, Global Field & Channel Marketing

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Jeff Hobbs

Jeff Hobbs

VP Engineering

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Jeff Mahoney

Jeff Mahoney

VP Linux Systems

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Jim Sarale

Jim Sarale

VP Global Integrated Solutions

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Jochen Jaser

Jochen Jaser

Chief Information Officer

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Joe Felisky

Joe Felisky

VP Solution Architects NA

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John Lowe

John Lowe

VP EMEA Head of Revenue Operations

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Josep Garcia

Josep Garcia

General Manager APAC

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Karthik Prabakaran

Karthik Prabakaran

VP, IT Security

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Keith Basil

Keith Basil

GM Edge

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Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

VP Solution Architects EMEA

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Linda Geerdink

Linda Geerdink

VP Global Revenue & Digital Marketing

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Marcos Lacerda

Marcos Lacerda

General Manager LATAM

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Marie Louise van Deutekom

Marie Louise van Deutekom

Global Head of People - GTM Functions

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Mark Dando

Mark Dando

General Manager, EMEA North

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Mark Gradwell

Mark Gradwell

Vice President Global Services

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Mike Pallot

Mike Pallot

Global Vice President GSIs

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Nadine Pieper

Nadine Pieper

Global Head of People - Technology & Product and CFO Organization

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Oliver Ries

Oliver Ries

VP Product Management

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Owen Lewis

Owen Lewis

VP CFL Operations

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Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey

Head of Global Revenue Operations

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Peter Lees

Peter Lees

VP & Head of Solution Architecture, Asia-Pacific

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Peter Smails

Peter Smails

SVP, General Manager Enterprise Container Management

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Petr Uzel

Petr Uzel

VP Linux Delivery

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Phil Chadwick

Phil Chadwick

VP Global Financial Controller

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Rachel Cassidy

Rachel Cassidy

SVP Global GTM & Ecosystem Success

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Rhys Oxenham

VP Core Infrastructure

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Rick Spencer

Rick Spencer

General Manager BCL

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Savitha Nayak

Savitha Nayak

VP DE&I, Culture and Talent

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Ton Musters

Ton Musters

SVP, General Manager EMEA

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