Security News > 2021 > April > Splunk appoints Teresa Carlson as President and Chief Growth Officer

Splunk announced the appointment of Teresa Carlson, an executive with more than 25 years of industry experience and expertise in leading complex business transformations for premier SaaS, data management and cloud businesses, to the newly created role of President and Chief Growth Officer, effective April 19, 2021.

Reporting to Doug Merritt, President and CEO, Carlson will lead and work closely with Splunk's sales, customer success and marketing leaders to align and drive the Company's ongoing business transformations across Splunk's go-to-market business segments.

Carlson joins Splunk's executive leadership team, focused on advancing the Company's cloud-first initiatives, identifying and pursuing new market opportunities and accelerating growth.

"Beyond bringing deep industry, software and cloud knowledge - which will be invaluable to Splunk as we continue to build on our strong foundation and rapid expansion - it is clear that Teresa embodies the values that define our strong Splunk culture."

Carlson joins Splunk from Amazon Web Services, where she currently serves as Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector and Industries.

She has driven phenomenal customer engagement and growth during her tenure at AWS. After Carlson founded AWS's Worldwide Public Sector in 2010, her role eventually expanded to include financial services, energy services, telecommunications, and aerospace and satellite industry business units.

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