Hitachi Vantara appoints Adrian Johnson as Vice President & Managing Director

Adrian Johnson has been named the Asia Pacific vice president of the company's Digital Infrastructure Business Unit (DIBU). Adrian will report to Scott Worman, Chief Revenue Officer, Hitachi Vantara. Johnson served as Hitachi Vantara's vice president and managing director for Australia and New Zealand from 2019 - 2022, where he guided the team to sales and market share growth during years marked by a global pandemic. An industry veteran with over 20 years of IT experience that includes building and leading teams across Australia, Asia and the United States, Adrian has spearheaded high sales growth in diverse technology organisations. After serving as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy, he held senior executive positions with Liferay Inc, Dell, Fuji Xerox, and Sun Microsystems backed by a master's degree in business and IT. Under Johnson's leadership, Hitachi Vantara Australia and New Zealand achieved impressive business growth since 2019, as the team helped customers to improve operations and meet business outcomes with data-driven solutions and the Hitachi Cloud Smart Framework.