Rick Spencer is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in leadership roles across various organizations. Currently, Rick serves as General Manager of the Business Critical Linux team at SUSE, beginning in January 2024. Prior to this, Rick held multiple executive positions at InfluxData, including VP of Product and VP of Platform, overseeing global engineering teams responsible for the InfluxDB storage engine and multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments from September 2019 to December 2023. Rick's prior experience includes serving as Vice President of Engineering at Bitnami, where Rick led teams developing cloud applications, and as Vice President of Ubuntu at Canonical Ltd., managing large teams to deliver the Ubuntu operating system. Rick's career also includes significant contributions at Microsoft, where Rick led program management and user experience initiatives. Rick holds a Master's degree in Human Factors Engineering from George Mason University and a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Earlham College.
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