SUSE(R) ( 
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), a global leader in true open source solutions, today announced the 
appointment of Isabella Kusumawati as its vice president and managing director 
for Southeast Asia. The leadership appointment follows SUSE's successful fourth 
quarter ( 
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) results which saw continued global growth, as well as the closing of the 
acquisition of Rancher Labs ( 
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).

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As the new managing director for Southeast Asia, Kusumawati is aiming to 
significantly increase revenue in the region in the next three years, in large 
part by recruiting partners and top talent to draw on untapped markets and 
opportunities in the region.

According to the Harvard Business Review's "The Platform Revolution in 
Southeast Asia ( 
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)," Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the 
world. But Asia Pacific enterprises, large retailers, and brands are lagging in 
their platform strategies, putting them at a competitive risk. At the same 
time, Nielsen's "What's Next in Southeast Asia ( 
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)" report calls Southeast Asia the next growth frontier. It is an emerging 
market that accounts for 2.6% of global land area but is home to 8.3% of the 
world's population. The fast-growing population with stable GDP growth and high 
digital connectivity increases the desire for more innovation in the region.

"Our customers are looking for choice; they demand open technologies that help 
them drive their business outcomes," Kusumawati said. "We are currently hiring 
aggressively as we look to expand the team to help our customers, communities 
and partners leverage open source solutions. In today's business environment, 
digital transformation is imperative and open source is playing a major role 
that delivers a robust foundation in the modern IT landscape, as well as cost 
efficiencies and innovation. The trend of enterprises leveraging open source 
technology will rise drastically like never before as it allows companies to 
develop an ecosystem that can advance faster innovation, enabling unprecedented 
scale, adaptability and additional new features supporting changing trends and 
customer demands."

Phillip Miltiades, president of SUSE Asia Pacific & Japan, said, "Isabella 
brings to SUSE a wealth of experience in building highly competitive sales 
organizations. She is adept at uncovering untapped opportunities and supporting 
customer business outcomes through technology solutions. With the digital 
economy in Southeast Asia growing at a rapid pace, I am confident under 
Isabella's leadership that she will be successful in building the market and 
growing SUSE's business."

Kusumawati is a senior sales leader with 17 years of success in sales 
management, including new market and business development for top tech 
companies such as Salesforce, SAP, Oracle and Microsoft. She is an active 
member in Business Women Network, and she is also the local ambassador for 
SUSE's Women in Technology (WIT) for Asia Pacific Japan and Greater China.

About SUSE
SUSE is a global leader in true open source innovation, collaborating with 
partners, communities and customers to deliver and support robust open source 
software solutions. SUSE's market-leading Linux, Kubernetes, container and 
cloud offerings enable customers to innovate everywhere – from the data center, 
to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the "open" back in open source, 
giving customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the 
freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow.

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