Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced the appointment of Dr. Marenza Altieri-Douglas as Vice President of Sovereign Cloud Strategy. Dr. Altieri-Douglas will be responsible for building Cloudera’s sovereign cloud offering, working with AI infrastructure partners to help organizations run AI and data workloads under their own jurisdiction, control and terms.
Altieri-Douglas joins Cloudera with more than 25 years of experience building go-to-market strategies for emerging technologies across Europe and international markets. Most recently, she was Group VP, Strategic AI & Growth at Mplus Group, where she helped enterprise clients adopt AI-driven operational transformation, as well as working with the executive board on technology initiatives, ecosystem expansion and M&A opportunities.
Before Mplus, she held VP roles at Kore.ai, supporting enterprise AI adoption across complex and regulated industries, and LivePerson, where she moved the organization to a digital-first, AI-enabled customer engagement model. Marenza was also Senior Enterprise Account Manager at AirWatch (acquired by VMware), where she drove enterprise adoption across telecoms, financial services, utilities and public sector organisations. She has also held business development and growth roles at BMC Software and Kong Inc.
“I’m joining Cloudera at an exciting time. Sovereign data and AI have become board-level priorities, driven by a desire for greater control over data, geopolitics and fierce competition. Organizations shouldn’t have to decide between an all-or-nothing trade-off between foreign hyperscalers and local infrastructure. We want to deliver the power and scale of the cloud without compromising control,” said Dr. Marenza Altieri-Douglas, VP of Sovereign Cloud Strategy at Cloudera.
Earlier this year, Cloudera launched Cloudera Anywhere Cloud, a hybrid data and AI platform that brings cloud-native agility and enterprise control to data wherever it lives. Anywhere Cloud lets organizations deploy AI applications directly on top of existing data sources with SaaS-like speed, while maintaining complete digital sovereignty and unified enterprise governance.
“I am delighted to welcome Marenza to Cloudera. With growing regulation around sovereignty, organizations need guidance and solutions that ensure they can navigate its nuanced and complex challenges. Marenza’s experience will be invaluable as we help organizations achieve their sovereignty goals,” said Sergio Gago Huerta, Chief Technology Officer at Cloudera.
About Cloudera
Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that large organizations trust to bring AI to their data anywhere it lives. Unlike other providers, Cloudera delivers a consistent cloud experience that converges public clouds, on-prem data centers, sovereign clouds, and the edge, leveraging a proven open-source foundation. As the pioneer in big data, Cloudera empowers businesses to apply AI and assert control over 100% of their data, in all forms, improving security, governance, and real-time and predictive insights. The world’s largest brands across all industries rely on Cloudera to transform decision-making and ultimately boost bottom lines, safeguard against threats, and save lives.
