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Biography
Education
She has an MS degree in software development and management from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Career
He served as vice president of research and development at BindView, which allowed her to take a leading position in the market by 2000.
He has been working since 2001 as vice president of Red Hat.
Paul Cormier has been promoting the concept of an open hybrid cloud for more than 10 years, with which the customer can unify the launch and operation of any application on any computing infrastructure, from edge systems and bare hardware to multi-cloud environments from public cloud platforms of several suppliers at once. It was this idea that formed the basis of the solution of Red Hat OpenShift, the leading enterprise-class industry Kubernetes platform, which is widely used by our customers from various industries as the basis for hybrid cloud solutions. Mr. Cormier has also forged industry-breaking partnerships, including a landmark alliance with Microsoft to give customers more options when deploying hybrid cloud environments. In addition, Paul Cormier played an important role in the process of merging Red Hat and IBM, ensuring the scale and high pace of development of Red Hat while maintaining the independence and neutrality of the company.
2010
Paul Cormier leads Red Hat's product and technology development business.
2020: Red Hat CEO appointment
On April 6, 2020, Red Hat announced the appointment of a new CEO and president of the company. It was Paul Cormier, who succeeded Jim Whitehurst. The latter was appointed president of IBM Corporation, which bought Red Hat for $34 billion.
As reported in a press release from Red Hat, Paul Cormier, who joined the company in 2001, oversaw the transfer of the business to a subscription software distribution model, as well as a change in business emphasis regarding Red Hat Linux - instead of a free downloaded operating system, the company focused on selling the corporate version to large customers. By early April 2020, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is used by 90% of the largest Fortune 500 companies.
In addition, during his time at Red Hat, Paul Cormier secured 25 acquisitions to expand the company's business capabilities while also managing the hybrid cloud development strategy.
When I started at Red Hat, it would be impossible to predict how Linux and Open Source will change our world, but they are really everywhere. The transformation I'm seeing in our industry is impressive as it sets new challenges and opportunities. Red Hat's capabilities have never been as great as they are today, and I am honored to lead the company in helping our customers meet their challenges and maintain Red Hat's position at the forefront of innovation, "Cormier said in a post on his appointment as CEO of Red Hat. |
According to him, IBM and Red Hat should remain a single company, even if employees switched to remote work due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Paul Cormier has become a "natural choice" when considering candidates to lead Red Hat, Whitehurst said.[1]
2022: Red Hat Board Chairman
Red Hat has announced the appointment of a President and CEO. Paul Cormier transferred to the position of chairman of the board of directors (chairman) Red Hat. This became known on July 13, 2022.