SUSE Software Solutions Appoints Margaret Dawson as New CMO

• Margaret Dawson has been appointed as SUSE Chief Marketing Officer to oversee worldwide marketing and brand expansion
• She will provide consistent and transparent messaging to products, customers, and communities
• Experienced in tech marketing and product strategy for 25+ years with an excellent track records

Margaret Dawson has been selected as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of SUSE. She will lead global marketing for SUSE, advancing its presence in the enterprise open-source software space.

She will also lead consistent and compelling messaging across brand, product, customer touchpoints and community touchpoints.

Margaret has significant product strategy and tech marketing experience spanning over 25 years as well as extensive leadership of successful programs and teams for Fortune 500 companies including Amazon, Microsoft, HP, and Red Hat.

Most recently, Margaret was CMO at Chronosphere, a leading cloud-native observability platform, where she dramatically increased brand awareness and marketing engagement, and revenue.

A published author and presenter, Margaret regularly contributes insights on open source, new technologies, and leadership.

She has been named one of the Best Women in Cloud Computing, Business Role Model of the Year for Women in IT, Mentor and Coach of the Year in Stevie Business Awards, and one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Seattle by Women We Admire.

In addition to Margaret's appointment, SUSE has expanded its go-to-market global leadership team with additional regional leaders: Dongun Lee (South Korea), Gen Watanabe (Japan), Kingsley Wood (Solution Architecture for North America), and Joao Pereira (Brazilian Public Sector).

Holger Pfister was promoted to VP, DACH region, in recognition of the company's focus on delivering customized customer experiences as it builds global expertise.

SUSE CEO DP van Leeuwen welcomed Margaret's established track record of scaling technology brands and fueling expansion, predicting that her leadership would fuel SUSE's international growth.

Margaret said in a statement about her appointment that she is looking forward to being back in the open source environment, building stronger relationships with customers and partners, strengthening the company's market footprint, and driving measurable business results as SUSE continues its path as a leader in enterprise open source software.