Industry Leader Joins Red Hat Senior Management Team

Red Hat, Inc. (www.redhat.com) today announced the appointment of Timothy Yeaton as Senior Vice President of Marketing . Yeaton, who most recently held the position of President and CEO of Avaki Corporation, has over 20 years of experience as part of the management team at companies such as Macromedia and Compaq.

At Red Hat Yeaton will be responsible for all worldwide marketing functions including Partner, Product and Programs Marketing and Communications.
"Joining Red Hat is a rare opportunity in this industry to help drive the vision of a company that is well on its way to becoming the defining technology company of the 21st century," said Tim Yeaton.

Prior to leading the team at Avaki, Yeaton held the position of Senior Vice President & General Manager, Server Products at Macromedia where he was responsible for complete general management and P&L for all of Macromedia's server-side products, with approximately $100M in direct product revenues.

At Compaq Yeaton was Vice President & General Manager, UNIX/Linux Systems Division with responsibility for the general management for Compaq's UNIX systems business, including all UNIX and Linux-related activities across Compaq divisions.

Yeaton holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration with Concentrations in Marketing and Finance from Babson College and a Bachelors of Science Degree in in management from Roger Williams University.

Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices spanning the globe. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high quality, low cost technology accessible.

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