EMC Appoints Thomas Zack as President of South East Asia

IT Industry Veteran to Drive Next Phase of Business Growth in Cloud Computing, Big Data and Trusted IT

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – April 02, 2013. EMC today announced that 27-year IT industry veteran Thomas (Tom) Zack has been appointed President of sales and customer operations for EMC’s South East Asia (SEA) region. In his new role, Zack will focus on strategy and business development to extend and further accelerate EMC’s growth and continued leadership in the region by delivering and supporting the full range of EMC products, services and solutions in established and new markets, and enhancing partner and channel relationships.
 
The appointment represents a milestone for EMC’s next phase of business growth in SEA. Zack will play a key role in ensuring that EMC remains deeply focused on helping customers and partners transform IT and deliver IT as a Service through cloud computing, use Big Data to change business models and achieve new levels of innovation, and do so with highly-trusted and secure IT environments.

Prior to joining EMC, Zack was the Managing Director for SAP in Thailand. Prior to SAP, Zack was at Red Hat, where he managed its sales business across Asia Pacific & Japan as Vice President. Prior to Red Hat, Zack spent 18 years at Hitachi Data Systems in a variety of senior leadership and management roles, including Vice President and General Manager for the Asia South region. Zack started his career at Northrop Aircraft.

Zack holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.

EMC Executive Quote:

David Webster, President, Asia Pacific & Japan and Senior Vice President, EMC Corporation

“Tom Zack is an extraordinary executive and outstanding leader with a superb track record of execution. I am confident in his ability to drive EMC’s next major phase of growth in South East Asia by deepening relationships with our customers and channel community as well as helping to further develop our sales talent in the region.”