2024.07.15. The Fair Economy — Databricks, a data and artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced on the 15th that it will appoint new executives for its Korea office, including Kang Hyeong-jun as CEO and country manager of Databricks Korea.
Through these new executive appointments, Databricks plans to strengthen its presence in the Korean market and support the business growth and success of domestic customers.
According to Databricks, Kang Hyeong-jun, CEO and country manager of Databricks Korea, is an expert with more than 20 years of experience in the data software industry and extensive leadership experience. Based on this experience, he will lead Databricks' business in Korea and spearhead the adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform across various industries. Kang's appointment follows Databricks' record of 100% year-over-year growth in Korea in the last fiscal year.
Before joining Databricks, he served as country manager of Google Cloud Korea and previously as country manager of Snowflake Korea. He also held key positions at Cloudera, Hortonworks, and Teradata, driving business growth.
"I believe there is a vast opportunity to help domestic companies adopt the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to solve their data problems and leverage the benefits of generative AI. I am very excited to join Databricks and work closely with customers to help them maximize the potential of data and AI," said Kang Hyeong-jun, country manager of Databricks Korea.
Databricks has also newly appointed Eom Gyeong-sun as vice president of technology for Databricks Korea.
Eom Gyeong-sun has more than 30 years of experience implementing technology solutions and supporting digital transformation journeys. Before joining Databricks, she served as the technology lead at Google Cloud Korea, and has worked at IBM for over 30 years, holding various executive roles in the Asia-Pacific region.
"Databricks is a leader in the data and AI space. I am very pleased to be able to help more customers and executives understand and leverage the value of the unified platform to seamlessly execute data and AI priorities and create business value," said Eom Gyeong-sun.
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