Red Hat - The Open Source Winner

For a global name in the business of operating systems, Red Hat needs no introduction. Today, 25 years since its inception, Red Hat has an enviable portfolio, including hybrid cloud infrastructure, middleware, agile integration, cloud-native application development, management and automation solutions.

Red Hat delivers hardened, open-source solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core data center to the network edge. While operating transparently and responsibly, they continue to be a catalyst in open source communities, helping businesses build flexible, reliable & powerful IT infrastructure solutions with access to the latest, stable innovation from open source communities for tomorrow.

In 2012, Red Hat became the first open-source technology company to surpass more than $1billion in revenue. In 2019, IBM acquired Red Hat for approximately US$34 billion, the largest software acquisition in history.

The Leadership Today

Paul Cormier was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat in April 2020 after a stint as the company’s President of Products and Technologies, driving major strategy shifts and expansion of its portfolio of products and services.

Cormier joined Red Hat in May 2001 as Executive Vice President of Engineering. He is credited with leading efforts to replace Red Hat’s freely downloadable and boxed business model for Red Hat® Linux® in 2002 with an enterprise subscription model. This move helped change the trajectory for open source software and repositioned Red Hat from a consumer-based company with $50 million in annual revenue to the world’s largest open source-based software company.

Supporting Cormier is Jennifer Dudeck, Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Red Hat. She leads the team responsible for Global Human Resources.

Dudeck is passionate about helping individuals of all backgrounds find paths toward meaningful careers. She has created innovative experiences throughout her career—including talent expos and career-focused events—to help people make stronger career connections. She has also been a change leader across the enterprise, playing an active role in multiple major transformational initiatives.

Another stalwart who is part of the core management is a Red Hat veteran of 20 years, Michael Ferris. In his role as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, he focuses on building the company’s global business strategy across all offerings and services, mergers and acquisitions, and market-making partnerships.

Peoples Company

The Red Hat culture is rooted in transparency, collaboration, and inclusion—open-source principles that drive our company forward. Their people, processes, and tools define their culture and are the core ingredients of their success. Great ideas come from sharing diverse perspectives, and Red Hat is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of background.

Red Hatters are encouraged to freely exchange different viewpoints, contribute ideas, and solve problems together. Collaboration, accountability, a sense of community, and a measure of autonomy create a powerful force that fosters innovation and makes Red Hat a great place to work.

Recognition at Every Level

Like many years gone by, 2021 was full of awards and accolades for this growth giant.

• Red Hat was ranked as one of the Best Workplaces for Millennials and one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.
• Recognized by Fortune as the No. 41 Best Workplace for Women.
• Association of Support Professionals Award for Best Support Websites of 2021.
• Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing – Kubernetes Category.
• VentureBeat Women in AI Awards – Responsibility & Ethics in AI Award.
• Computing UK’s DevOps Excellence Awards and named the Most Innovative DevOps Vendor.
• Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Future of Work Awards – Best Approach to Human Capital Management (HCM) Innovation.
• Red Hat’s IT Digital Adoption Team was recognized with a Gold Award.
• Developer Week – DEVICES Awards 2021 for Best API Infrastructure: Red Hat Integration.
• IT Central Station’s Peer Awards 2021.
  In the year gone by,

Red Hat was among the 25 software companies named by CRN as the Hottest Edge Software Companies of 2020.

• Channel Partner Insight, the Cloud Innovation Award – Channel Partner Innovation Awards.
• Banking Tech Awards – shortlisted in the Best Open Banking Solution Category.
• The Org – 100 Most Transparent Companies of 2020.
• HR Asia Awards – HR Asia Best Companies to Work For in Asia 2020.
• SuperNova Constellation Awards – “Future of Work – Employee Experience.”
• Best in Biz Awards – Laurie Krebs, Red Hat’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, received a Silver Award in the Finance Executive of the Year Category.
• Women in IT Awards New York – Red Hat received two honors.
• Brandon Hall Group 2020 Excellence in Technology Awards.

The Red Hat team believes Hybrid variety and customization give companies a ton of power. Red Hat is remediating the skills shortage with tools that simplify hybrid. CEO Cormier sees many companies adopting managed services for uptime guarantees and the skillsets of providers