New Relic, an all-in-one observability platform for engineers, has announced the appointment of Kris Day as Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) to drive expansion in the region and lead the business into its next stage of growth.
Day has over two decades of sales and leadership experience in the technology industry across Europe and the Asia Pacific region, covering hardware, software, cloud and transformation specialty sales and partner sales environments. Most recently, Day was Sales Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan at Dell EMC, where he led multiple teams to navigate complex customer cloud and Digital Transformation journeys. He has also held senior roles at NetApp and Hewlett-Packard.
In his new role, Day will be responsible for leading New Relic’s high-performing sales teams to grow its footprint in the region, while delivering go-to-market strategies and enhancing the partner ecosystem.
“I am thrilled to oversee the continued implementation of cohesive observability strategies for our customers and help to further enable our partners across the region,” said Kris Day, New Relic Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan. “I intend to spend my first 60 days in the role meeting with these groups in order to strengthen our position and drive greater adoption.”