Red Hat names Lee Miles as General Manager for Middle East and Africa

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, has named Lee Miles as general manager for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Miles is tasked with managing the region’s sales, technical and channel teams in an effort to increase engagement with existing customers and drive growth in new and emerging markets.

Lee Miles is an international sales leader with over 16 years’ experience, 7 of which have been in the Middle East, in customer-facing roles within the software industry. He joins Red Hat from Infor where he served as the regional director for the Middle East and India. His key achievements at Infor include orchestrating the integration of the two regions, growing the company's staff and partner eco-system, and establishing Infor's new office in Saudi Arabia. Prior to Infor, Miles held several leadership and sales positions at SAP and Computer Associates, where he gained experience in developing businesses in emerging markets.

In his current position, Lee plans to focus on driving business across the Middle East and Africa region, with a special focus on UAE in the short term. The company is looking to bring open source solutions to markets in the region and to enhance its total customer and partner experience.