She shoots, she scores! We’re back Silverliners. With the Women’s World Cup well underway, this weekend is bound to be filled with uproarious cheers, and, well, for some, the opposite. Get your referee whistles ready — Australia vs. France and England vs. Colombia will round off the last two games of the quarterfinals.
It’s time to break a sweat and dust off those old cleats laying around in the garage, because this week’s techies are tackling this match head-er on for the final edition of Cloud Career Moves — the Women’s World Cup edition. Ready for kickoff? All hail FIFA!
Charles Sansbury, CEO, Cloudera
Charles Sansbury is now CEO for Cloudera, a data company for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI). Prior to his role, Charles served as CEO for ASG technologies and was the COO for The Attachmate Group. Charles is known on the soccer field for his off-the-pitch punt, which the refs have to retrieve each time. Too bad home runs don’t count in this game, Charles.
Gagan Pabla, EVP of Operations, Intermedia Cloud Communications
Intermedia Cloud Communications, a cloud collaboration and productivity solution company, announced Gagan Pabla as EVP of operations. In his new role, Gagan will work across engineering and information security teams to ensure the company’s platform meets the needs of its customers and partners. Gagan and his untouchable team of rogue engineers use artificial intelligence (AI)- generated game routes for guaranteed scoring. Hey, Ref — Is that cheating?
Pamela Rothka, CFO, EmpowerAI
Pamela Rothka has been named CFO for EmpowerAI, an information technology solution provider to U.S. government agencies. Pamela will team with the company’s CEO to drive the strategy and financial integrity of EmpowerAI. When not nose down in the company’s books, she is her team’s trusty goalie, except she’s found that traveling via hoverboard to deflect corner kicks is not necessarily working out in her team’s favor. Well, the spirit is there!
Mauricio Sanchez, Senior Research Director, Dell’Oro Group
Dell’Oro has promoted Mauricio Sanchez to senior research director of enterprise networking and security market research. Mauricio will continue to play a crucial role at Dell’Oro by shaping coverage of enterprise networking and security market research. Mauricio is his team’s captain, but most importantly, orchestrates a beautiful production of pride-filled soccer chants for pre- and post-game rituals. Is he fútbol’s own Sinatra?
Sherry Grote, Head of Global Marketing, MacStadium
MacStadium, a private Mac cloud solutions provider, announced Sherry Grote as head of global marketing. Sherry has extensive B2B software-as-a-service experience for scaling digital marketing and will help drive revenue, increase brand awareness and accelerate growth. Sherry is starting her own underground league now that the U.S. is out of the Cup draw — handballs and prohibiting red cards aren’t off the table, folks!
*Ed. Note: Midjourney, an AI art tool, manipulates original headshots so they kind-of-sort-of-maybe look like the real person but in many cases, not really at all.