Teradata Company (NYSE: TDC) at this time introduced the appointment of Richard Petley as Chief Income Officer, efficient instantly. Petley was beforehand Teradata’s EVP, World Gross sales, and he succeeds Todd Cione, who’s leaving the Firm to pursue one other skilled alternative.
Petley joined Teradata in April 2022 as EVP, EMEA Regional Gross sales, and expanded his position to guide gross sales groups in EMEA and APJ in February 2023. He has made vital contributions to the Firm’s ongoing enterprise transformation and has pushed robust efficiency in each worldwide areas. Petley brings greater than 20 years of gross sales expertise in prior senior gross sales management roles at Oracle and IBM.
“Wealthy has demonstrated excellent management and performed an necessary position in our progress and profitability since becoming a member of Teradata two years in the past, and we consider he’s the best individual to function CRO at this stage of our enterprise transformation,” stated Steve McMillan, President and CEO, Teradata. “He brings a observe file of robust gross sales success each at Teradata and in his earlier roles at Oracle and IBM. Our board and senior administration workforce intentionally take the time to determine and domesticate expertise throughout the group, and in consequence, Teradata has a stable bench of leaders able to execute our plans and drive progress.”
“I’m honored to tackle this necessary position at Teradata and to work with Steve and our gifted gross sales groups to ship on our worthwhile progress plans,” stated Petley. “As we drive our technique of constructing essentially the most full cloud analytics and information platform for trusted AI, we’re centered on accelerating our gross sales execution, strengthening associate success and enhancing excellent buyer experiences.”
McMillan continued, “We additionally wish to thank Todd for his dedication and contributions to Teradata. We want him nicely within the subsequent stage of his profession.”
About Richard Petley
Petley beforehand served as Teradata’s EVP, World Gross sales, following a development of accelerating senior gross sales management roles on the Firm. In his roles main Teradata’s gross sales groups for EMEA, then all of Worldwide, and most just lately, all World Gross sales, Petley has pushed clear account planning and a robust pipeline of alternatives for ongoing worth creation. Acknowledged as a collaborative chief, Petley can be a robust advocate for sustainability, range, fairness and inclusion. He got here to Teradata from Oracle, the place he was SVP, Western Europe, for Oracle Cloud, and Managing Director, Oracle UK. In these roles, he drove vital progress of Oracle’s cloud portfolio and exterior ecosystem. Previous to Oracle, Petley held gross sales management positions at IBM, with constant success in progress areas of enterprise software program, SaaS and AI.
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