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10 Oracle IT leaders
These ten people hold or have held internal IT leadership roles at Oracle, including its Global CIO and senior directors and directors of global IT, IT infrastructure and IT operations. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations at Oracle.
Professionals to explore
01—10Gururagavendran Balaji
LinkedInExperience: IT Director · Oracle
IT Director at Oracle since September 2022, listed at Director level according to the profile. Former IT Senior Manager (2021–2022), former IT Project Director (2019–2021) and former Senior DBA (2007–2019) at Oracle, and former Senior Software Engg at Patni (2002–2005).
Jae Sook Evans
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Global CIO · Oracle
EVP, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Global CIO at Oracle since March 2020; the profile describes building and leading global technology teams that deliver highly available, scalable and secure cloud infrastructure services. Former SVP, Global Infrastructure Engineering and Operations at Walmart (2018–2020) and former SVP Global Cloud Operations at Saba Software (2012–2015).
Jeff Daugherty
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of IT Infrastructure - Research and Development · Oracle
Former Sr. Director of IT Infrastructure - Research and Development at Oracle (2015–2025); the profile says the role led global infrastructure operations supporting 30+ development programs and 800+ users across 7 data centers and 5 cloud tenancies, and directed rapid deployment of Oracle's COVID-19 Therapeutic Learning System. Former Director of Information Technology at SIMCO Electronics (2012–2015).
John Thompson
LinkedInExperience: Director, GIT Hosting Services · Oracle Corporation
Former Director, GIT Hosting Services at Oracle Corporation (2014–2016) and former IT Senior Manager, Oracle, GIT, America's Systems Infrastructure at Oracle GIT (2011–2014). The profile describes, in an IT Director, Oracle IT Engineering role, leading the transformation of a legacy DBA, SA and business analyst team to cloud engineers and delivering reference architecture and standards for internal Oracle consumption of Oracle Cloud Products. Now listed as retired.
Kevin Smick
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global IT, Americas Operations · Oracle
Director, Global IT, Americas Operations at Oracle since July 2017; the profile also lists Global Service Desk Senior Manager - AMER at Oracle from 2013 with no end date, and cites expertise in overseeing the design, development and implementation of IT infrastructure and application development. Former Director IT Services at Taleo (2011–2012).
Maya Khanna
LinkedInExperience: Sr IT Director · Oracle
Sr IT Director at Oracle since June 2020; the profile describes IT leadership reporting to a VP, with direct reports across the US, UK, Brazil, Mexico and India and IT global support for 125+ business units. Former IT Director (2014–2020) and former IT Group Manager (2008–2014) at Oracle.
Rodney Clarke
LinkedInExperience: I.T. Director, Global · Oracle
I.T. Director, Global at Oracle since July 2008, based in Oxford, England, and listed at Director level in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile, which counts 18 years and two months in the role. Former Senior I.T. Manager, EMEA at BEA Systems (1999–2008).
Sukesh Kunjukrishna Pillai
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director , Cloud IT Engineering and Operations · Oracle
Senior Director , Cloud IT Engineering and Operations at Oracle since June 2014; the profile says the role covers engineering IT infrastructure operations, DevOps tools development, security and compliance operations, DC operations, IT budget and project management, and leading the migration of on-premise datacenters to Oracle cloud infrastructure (OCI).
Tarun Mittal
LinkedInExperience: IT Senior Director · Oracle
Former IT Senior Director at Oracle (2018–2021) and Vice President at Oracle since December 2021. The profile summary calls Tarun Mittal an IT Vice President and lists large enterprise initiatives including cloud migration for enterprise systems and Ebusiness and Fusion applications implementations. Former IT Director (2016–2018) and IT Project Director (2013–2016) at Oracle.
Tim Samosa
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT, Global IT Cloud Platforms & Solutions · Oracle
Director of IT, Global IT Cloud Platforms & Solutions at Oracle since April 2018; the profile cites a focus on cloud computing infrastructure design and automation. Former Director, Global IT Managed Cloud Compute Services Customer Solutions Engineering (2013–2018) and former Director, Global IT Service Design (2010–2013) at Oracle.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since the Global CIO and vice presidents see company-wide IT priorities while global IT and infrastructure directors know how services for employees and development teams are run day to day. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Oracle experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a software company run its own enterprise systems on the products it sells?
- 02What does it take to move internal data centers and development infrastructure onto a company's own cloud?
- 03How should a global IT organization split support between regions, business units and development teams?
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