Databricks Strengthens Presence in Korea with Senior Leadership Hires
July 14, 2024
- Hyoungjun Anthony Kang joins Databricks as Vice President and Country Manager for Korea to drive further adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
- Former Google Cloud executive Kyungsoon Kelly Um joins as Senior Director and Technical GM
Seoul, Korea, July 15, 2024 – Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced two senior leadership appointments in Korea, bolstering its local presence to support business growth and drive customer success.
Hyoungjun Anthony Kang joins as Country Head for Databricks Korea
With more than 20 years of data software and leadership experience, Hyoungjun Anthony Kang is responsible for leading Databricks’ Korean operations and driving further adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform across a range of industries. His appointment follows the company’s strong 100% year-over-year growth in Korea over the past fiscal year.
Prior to joining Databricks, Kang served as the Managing Director and Country Manager for Google Cloud Korea and was previously the Country Manager for Snowflake Korea. He has also held multiple leadership positions at Cloudera, Hortonworks, and Teradata, where he spearheaded business growth at these companies.
“We’re thrilled to have Anthony join our leadership team to supercharge our growth in Korea. With his expertise in scaling data software companies, I have every confidence that Anthony is able to take our Korean business to new heights and help more customers to succeed in their data and AI transformation journey,” said Ed Lenta, Senior Vice President, and General Manager of APJ at Databricks.
“I believe that there is a massive opportunity to help organizations in Korea adopt the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to solve their data challenges in order to unlock the benefits of generative AI. I am thrilled to join Databricks and to work closely with our customers to help them harness the full potential of their data and AI,” said Hyoungjun Anthony Kang, Vice President and Country Manager for Databricks Korea.
Kyungsoon Kelly Um joins as Technical GM in Korea
Kyungsoon Kelly Um joins Databricks as the Technical General Manager, bringing more than 30 years of experience helping customers implement technology solutions and supporting their digital transformation journey.
Um most recently served as the Director of Customer Engineering at Google Cloud Korea. Prior to this, she spent over three decades at IBM, where she held various leadership roles across the Asia Pacific region.
“We’re very excited to have Kelly onboard to lead our technical and field engineering team in Korea. With her deep tech expertise and her proven track record in helping businesses solve their technology problems, I am certain that she will play a critical role in helping local customers solve and implement their data and AI strategy on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform,” said Nick Eayrs, Vice President of Field Engineering, APJ, Databricks.
“Databricks is in the leading position of data and AI, and I am thrilled to be helping more customers and executives understand and unlock the value of our unified platform so they can seamlessly execute their data and AI priorities to derive business value,” said Kyungsoon Kelly Um, Senior Director and Technical GM for Databricks Korea.