– USA, CA – Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), the company behind Elasticsearch, today announced the appointment of Sohaib Abbasi to its Board of Directors, bringing more than 30 years of enterprise technology and business transformation experience to the Board.
“Sohaib is an incredible leader who brings proven expertise in guiding companies to become industry-leading powerhouses. He was an early champion of the cloud and knew from day one that it would enable organizations to leverage best-in-class, cloud-based offerings while benefiting from economies of scale. Sohaib’s experience scaling organizations to become multi-billion dollar companies will be instrumental as we look to accelerate our cloud business and drive profitable, durable growth,” said CEO, Ash Kulkarni.
Mr. Abbasi will serve as Vice-Chairman of the Board and as a member of the Compensation Committee.
About Sohaib Abbasi
From 2004 to 2015, Sohaib Abbasi led Informatica as its President and CEO and as its Chairman from 2005 to 2016. From 1982 to 2003, he served in various executive roles at Oracle. Currently, Abbasi serves as Chairman of the Board of Forecast. app. Abbasi previously served on the Boards of Red Hat, McAfee, and New Relic, among others.
Abbasi currently serves as a Senior Advisor at TPG, Balderton Capital UK, and Royal London Technology Group. In addition, he is a Council Member of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.
“For years, I have admired Elastic and its well-differentiated technology that has been adopted by a thriving community of developers, customers, and partners,” said Sohaib Abbasi. “I’m looking forward to working with the leadership team to pursue Elastic’s next phase of growth. With the power of the Elastic Search platform and the flexibility of Elastic Cloud, customers get the best of both worlds – cost-effectively leveraging both on-premise computing and cloud computing.”
About Elastic
Elastic is a leading platform for search-powered solutions. We help organizations, their employees, and their customers accelerate the results that matter. With solutions in Enterprise Search, Observability, and Security, we enhance customer and employee search experiences, keep mission-critical applications running smoothly, and protect against cyber threats. Delivered wherever data lives, in one cloud, across multiple clouds, or on-premise, Elastic enables 18,000+ customers and more than half of the Fortune 500, to achieve new levels of success at scale and on a single platform.
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