Informatica expands its leadership team and appoints Amit Walia as CEO – Data Economy

Digital Realty expands its Board of Directors, adding two high-profile industry veterans to help shape the companys direction moving forward through the new decade.

Digital Realty has announced the appointment of retired Lt.Gen. VeraLinn Dash Jamieson and Alexis Black Bjorlin, Ph.D., to itsboard of directors effective January 2, 2020.

Lt. Gen. Jamieson is the former Director of the UnitedStates Air Forces Intelligence Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber EffectsOperations and Dr. Bjorlin is Broadcoms Senior Vice President and GeneralManager of Optical Systems Division.

We are delighted to welcome Dash and Alexis to our board of directors, both of whom bring significant experience directly relevant to our strategy of enabling customers digital transformation, said Digital Realty Chief Executive Officer A. William Stein.

In particular, Dash brings invaluable cyber-securityexpertise and experience managing large, complex organisations.

Similarly, Alexis unique connectivity and customerperspective from her extensive experience at leading global providers acrossthe cloud and communications value chain make her an excellent addition to ourBoard.

We expect to gain valuable insights from each, given theirrespective backgrounds with enterprises and government organizationsundertaking digital transformations.

We are confident they will complement the development ofPlatformDIGITAL and the execution of our strategy as we seek to createsustainable value for our stakeholders.

Lt. Gen. Jamieson is a recognised expert in data management,cloud technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning with over 37years of government experience.

She achieved the rank of Lieutenant General in the U.S. AirForce and prior to retiring, served as the Director of the United States AirForces Intelligence Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects enterprise,conducting operations for the Department of Defense.

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In her role as Deputy Chief of Staff, she cultivated severalpartnerships, including with Microsoft, Amazon, Google and IBM, to acceleratethe Air Forces digital transformation.

Prior to assuming her position as Deputy Chief of Staff, Lt.Gen. Jamieson served as the Deputy Commander, Joint Functional ComponentCommand for ISR, U.S. Strategic Command, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Black Bjorlin has over 19 years of high technologymanagement experience at Fortune 500 companies, to which she brings to theDigital Realty board.

She currently heads Broadcoms Optical Systems Division, thebusiness unit responsible for developing and manufacturing devices used inoptical communications.

Previously, she was Corporate Vice President of the Data CentreGroup and General Manager of the Connectivity Group at Intel.

Prior to Intel, she spent eight years as President of SourcePhotonics, where she also served on the board of directors, and she began hercareer as Chief Optical Architect at Zaffire, an optical networking equipmentmanufacturer.

Its a privilege to have Alexis and Dash join theDigital Realty board, said Laurence A. Chapman, Chairman of the Board ofDirectors.

Their deep industry knowledge and expertise will make them immediate assets as we enter our next chapter of growth.

Last month, the data centre company announced another double appointment, hiring two-channel veterans to strengthen its team in EMEA.

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