Chris Kaddaras VP EMEA, Nutanix

Nutanix, Inc. bolstered its EMEA team with three appointments.

Chris Kaddaras joins as VP and head of EMEA, Patrick Cowden takes up the role of VP for Central Europe/DACH region and emerging markets, while Mark Lewis has been appointed senior director of EMEA marketing.

Their roles are effective immediately.

The new arrivals will sharpen Nutanix’s focus on EMEA growth as the business looks to capitalise on the soaring opportunity of cloud with its Enterprise Cloud Platform. By 2020, a corporate ‘no-cloud’ policy will be as rare as a ‘no-internet’ policy is today, according to Gartner.

Chris Kaddaras was with EMC for 15 years, where he held positions including VP sales and presales across EMEA. With a 24-year track record in IT and developing strategies to help business articulate its proposition to customers and partners, his insight on leadership, operational efficiency, performance and communications is regularly shared with peers and customers through industry events.

Reporting to him, Patrick D. Cowden will draw upon his experience from senior management responsibilities at Hitachi, Dell and EMC. A German-American, he is a known author and presenter in both English and German languages.

With a target-driven approach across a number of verticals including telco, finance and government, Mark Lewis has delivered messaging and communication strategies for a number of blue chip companies including Cloudera, EMC and Riverbed. 

“We empower our people to interpret and adapt our values to best fit their needs across EMEA and beyond,” said Sudheesh Nair, president. “The new strategic hires will have a pivotal role to play, as our growth has been accelerated due to a rapid increase in customers, partners and employees. Chris, Patrick and Mark will not only drive our enterprise cloud solutions to new markets, but also cement our approach as a global company committed to local markets.”