Bud Smith

Bud Smith is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in cloud business development and strategic partnerships. Currently serving as the Senior Cloud Business Development Leader at Red Hat since August 2019, Bud focuses on the Hyperscaler Partner Ecosystem, which includes AWS, Azure, and Google. Prior to this role, Bud worked as a consultant for Channel Business Development at Atlantic.Net Inc. and held significant positions at DataStax and MuleSoft, overseeing global system integrator partnerships. Bud's earlier career includes a lengthy tenure at Oracle, where responsibilities encompassed directorship in HCM Cloud GSI Partner Sales and partnership management with HP North America.