About a week ago Matt Asay over at CNet noted how Joanne Rohde EVP Global Operations had left Red Hat and that Nick Van Wyk had been promoted VP Global Operations and Senior Transformation Executive. I've never heard of a title like that before, but I suppose it's an acknowledgement of CEO Matthew Szulik's strategy to take Red Hat beyond its roots as the #1 Linux vendor to a more general "open source service and About a week ago Matt Asay over at CNet noted how Joanne Rohde EVP Global Operations had left Red Hat and that Nick Van Wyk had been promoted VP Global Operations and Senior Transformation Executive. I’ve never heard of a title like that before, but I suppose it’s an acknowledgement of CEO Matthew Szulik’s strategy to take Red Hat beyond its roots as the #1 Linux vendor to a more general “open source service and solutions company.” While Red Hat has acquired many companies and technologies over the years, it was the acquisition of JBoss last year that has had the most strategic impact in shaping the future of the company to go beyond the OS. And by some accounts, integrating JBoss into the more buttoned-down Red Hat culture was not always easy. But that’s exactly the right thing to do if Red Hat is serious about becoming a billion dollar company. Given Van Wyk’s experience at EMC, he appears to have the right background to continue to evolve Red Hat to provide the level of Enterprise support and services that are required. And better to be doing the transformation now, from a position of strength, than further down the road. Open Source