Former McAfee exec to lead Red Hat’s Canadian operations 

Prior to joining Red Hat, Villenueve was president of McAfee Canada. He also served as president of NCR Europe and NCR Canada. Previously, he spent five years as vice president of sales at Sun Microsystems Canada.

Villenueve brings over 25 years of IT sales and management experience to Red Hat. The company says that Villenueve aims to capitalize on momentum for open source and open hybrid cloud solutions among Canadian organizations.

“We live in a world that is evolving faster than ever, driven by consumer trends and behaviors, technology innovation and adoption, business productivity, and channel reach,” said Rick Akie, vice president and general manager, North America sales, Red Hat. “I expect Luc’s leadership will be a significant asset to Red Hat as we continue our leadership in providing open source software solutions and expand both our global presence and open hybrid cloud vision.”