Exasol announced it has named Andreas Walter General Manager of its North America and Asia Pacific (APAC) territories. Andreas – a proven global sales leader with deep analytics and data management expertise – previously held senior leadership roles at SAP, Teradata and Qubole. Throughout his 20-year career in technology sales, Andreas has successfully defined and executed global sales strategies that showcase his passion for next-generation analytics and data management solutions. Andreas joins Exasol at an important period in its growth trajectory. Based out of Silicon Valley, Andreas will drive sustainable growth, expand and manage sales teams as well as build a strong network of partners in both regions. Exasol CEO Aaron Auld echoed Andreas’ sentiments and stated that customers are gravitating to Exasol’s unparalleled performance, ease of use and freedom of choice across cloud and on-premise options. Prior to joining Exasol, Andreas was senior vice president of sales at Qubole, a leading Big Data Activation PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) provider, where he led a global team of sales professionals across North America, United Kingdom and Singapore. Before that, he served as vice president of sales, Database and Data Management for SAP, where he was responsible for revenue growth of the SAP HANA and SAP Cloud platforms. Previously, he was vice president of sales for Teradata, where he managed sales teams serving strategic customers and prospects in the high-tech manufacturing sector.