Prior to this, Kennedy was vice president of Americas Ecosystem, where he was responsible for partner strategy and performance in North and Latin America. Before joining Red Hat, Kennedy held senior positions at HPE and Dell, among others. His mix of experience on the vendor side, with distributors, and in sales teams remains the foundation for his vision to achieve growth through ecosystems.

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In his new role, Kennedy is responsible for further developing Red Hat's global partner ecosystem in line with the company's broader growth strategy. He will focus on refining the partner experience and fostering collaboration to seize new growth opportunities, particularly in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and AI. Special attention will be given to supporting partners who excel in the quality of their services and strategic alignment with Red Hat's vision.

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'There are enormous opportunities for us, and that gives me a lot of energy. Red Hat has been achieving impressive results for years by leveraging its own internal strengths smartly. But the opportunity we have now to realize true acceleration lies in fully harnessing the added value that only a partner ecosystem can provide. We have built strong relationships with both our partners and our joint customers. Now is the time to maximize these, so that we can conquer the market together,' said Kennedy.

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