Steve Jenkins EMEA VP, MapR

MapR Technologies, Inc., in Hadoop technology, announced Steve Jenkins as its first VP for EMEA to lead its new European operation that launched in December of 2012.

 Jenkins, an experienced senior executive, has previously led European operations for Q1 Labs (acquired by IBM), Isilon Systems (acquired by EMC) and F5 Networks. During his career spanning over 20 years, he also guided the creation, growth and expansion of robust European market presence for Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and Wellfleet.

"Demand for Hadoop is growing at a phenomenal rate across Europe and I welcome the opportunity to help MapR deliver technical and sales resources to support and grow both our channel and client base across the region," Jenkins added.

The new MapR European headquarters will be based in London, England and will initially support partners across the region.

 The company has also appointed Zeljko Dodlek as sales director who joins the team following executive roles at RedHat, DataDirect Networks, Isilon Systems and NetApp. He is based in Munich, Germany and will primarily cover the DACH region.

Jenkins and the new European team will also support existing strategic agreements between MapR and EMC, Google, Cisco and Amazon as well as system integration partners across the region.

"The appointment of such an experienced European leadership team is essential for MapR to retain and expand its position as the clear leader in enabling Apache Hadoop to become more reliable and easier to use for big data analytics and business intelligence," said John Schroeder, CEO and co-founder, MapR.