Mick Hollison is Cloudera's new CMO

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Cloudera, the data management and analytics platform for the hyper-connected enterprise, has appointed Mick Hollison as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

“As I searched for a CMO, I required a unique individual that embodied a number of essential traits and skills that match our corporate values. I wanted an open, trustworthy team player who takes initiative and possesses the expertise and rigour to guide Cloudera to the next level,” said Tom Reilly, CEO, Cloudera. “Mick has a deep appreciation for the complexity of infrastructure software; he has been a salesman, a strategist, and a broad marketer, building his expertise in product marketing. His most recent years were spent creating a next-generation demand generation machine and establishing a new market category for InsideSales.com, where as the CMO he helped drive consecutive years of triple digit sales growth during his three and a half year tenure.” 

Hollison - with more than 25 years of technology marketing, sales and product management experience - has a background from some of the world’s most successful companies, including Citrix, Microsoft, IBM and most recently, InsideSales.com. His former roles include Global VP of Marketing and Strategy at Citrix Systems, Senior Director of Enterprise Marketing at Microsoft, and a variety of executive roles at IBM including Director of Worldwide Sales for both WebSphere and Lotus Software.  

“Mick’s appointment completes Cloudera’s strong and experienced executive team,” said Steve Sordello, Chief Financial Officer at LinkedIn and Cloudera board member. “He is going to add tremendous value as the company separates from the competition and solidifies its position as the definitive leader in the high-growth data management and analytics market.”

Hollison joins the company at an important time, as Cloudera has continued to innovate new ways to intelligently store, access, and analyse huge amounts of data at breakneck speeds. The company is pushing new boundaries in cybersecurity and advanced machine learning for modern businesses.

“Cloudera is well positioned to be one of the leading software companies in the world,” said  Hollison. “Our platform is well suited to solve any big data challenge, from accelerating the human genome project, to detecting cyber threats, and even predicting vehicle maintenance. No other company can deliver that breadth of solutions seamlessly in private, public, and multi-cloud environments. The experience I bring to Cloudera is well aligned to the company goals of accelerating market leadership, expanding our global footprint, and providing rock-solid, business critical solutions.

Cloudera's large enterprise customers include Airbnb, Citigroup, Kaiser Permanente, Lockheed Martin, Mastercard, and Walt Disney.