Teradata Promotes Louis Landry to Chief Technology Officer
SAN DIEGO, October 31, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE) –Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) today announced that Louis Landry has been promoted to the position of CTO. In this role, Landry will bring more than two decades of experience in software architecture leadership and engineering leadership to drive the company’s strategic vision and development strategy.
Landry has been with Teradata for more than 10 years, most recently as head of the company’s Office of Technology and Innovation, where he led Teradata’s research and development. He is focused on strengthening Teradata’s core strengths to address emerging market disruptions, particularly the shift to open and connected data platforms and the evolution of artificial intelligence, including generative AI. Under his leadership, his team contributed to new capabilities, such as Teradata ask.ai, and oversaw the development of new offerings, such as the computing engine project that evolved into Teradata AI Unlimited, the engine Teradata’s first on-demand computer.
“The data and analytics industry is in the midst of redefining the business data platform for the AI era and I can think of no better choice than Louis to ensure our technology roadmap meets current and future needs. in the future of customers and prospects,” said Steve. McMillan, President and CEO of Teradata. “I’m excited to have Louis at the helm as we continue to build Teradata’s future as a hybrid AI platform. His deep understanding of the market space, including new technologies a data and analytics, will enable us to improve innovation as a key enabler of rapid growth.”
“As AI transforms business, Teradata’s reliable data, performance, and efficiency deliver on core business needs,” said Landry. “I’m excited to help drive progress for our open and connected platform, which brings the next generation of AI-driven value to our customers in the environment of their choice.”
About Louis Landry
As of 2020, Landry has served as Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Teradata. Prior to this role, Landry held key leadership positions at the company, including Engineering Fellow and CTO of Unified Data Architecture Platform Technologies.
Prior to joining Teradata, Landry held key positions at MicroStrategy, where he focused on analytics product development. At Sears Holdings Corporation, he led the design of a real-time data access platform using open technologies. While at eBay Inc., Landry led the development of an analytics platform for top sellers and an internal analytics-as-a-service project focused on enabling the company run more data.
Louis has also made significant contributions to the open source community through his role as Project Lead and Development Coordinator for Joomla! Project from 2005 to 2011. Louis has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Louisiana Tech University and a Rethink Strategy Certificate from Harvard Business School.
About Teradata
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