OTTAWA, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pythian, the global leader in data management consulting and services, today announced that Paul Vallée has been named CEO. Vallée co-founded Pythian in 1997, served Pythian as co-CEO until 2005, and as CEO from 2005-2008. Since 2008, he has led Pythian as Executive Chairman and has been responsible for the vision and strategy behind the company’s emergence as the leading global provider of 24/7 outsourced database infrastructure operations and related services.
In his capacity as CEO, Vallée succeeds Andrew Waitman, who leaves the company on strong financial footing to pursue other interests. Waitman will remain on Pythian’s board of directors and will continue to contribute to Pythian in an advisory capacity.
Further, Keith Millar will return to Pythian as Chief Revenue Officer. In that role, Millar will lead Pythian’s sales, marketing, business development, and service delivery teams and focus on expanding Pythian’s global customer and delivery footprint.
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Pythian is a global leader in data infrastructure operations consulting and managed services. Pythian blends the world's leading data experts with advanced, secure service delivery processes to create the industry's best standard of care for its clients. Since 1997, Pythian has managed some of the world's largest, most business-critical data infrastructures for companies such as Beats Music, Digital River, Linkshare, and Web.com. Learn more about Pythian and its elite data experts at http://www.pythian.com, follow @Pythian, and find Pythian on LinkedIn at http://linkd.in/pythian.
