MongoDB this week appointed ANZ IT industry leader Simon Eid as its Senior Vice President of APAC, a newly created role based out of Melbourne to help support MongoDB’s strong growth in the region. Simon joins MongoDB after over 6 years at Splunk.
Simon has 25+ years of sales and business management, having held leading positions at a variety of enterprise technology organisations including Dell EMC and Symantec, Simon will be in charge of accelerating MongoDB’s strong growth in the ANZ, ASEAN and Japan markets.
“What an incredible time to join MongoDB. We operate in a massive market, with a fantastic product that is loved by its users and have a great company culture. We have all the ingredients we need to do something truly special in APAC.
“Data and software development has become the driving force behind innovation and our application data platform is already helping thousands of organisations across the region. I’ll be focused on helping expand our footprint, deliver outstanding customer experiences and growing the team and culture”, said Simon Eid, Senior Vice President APAC, MongoDB.
Continuing to build on the 2020-2021 ANZ wins and APAC growth, tapping into a growing market opportunity
With over 100 staff in Australia and New Zealand, MongoDB has built a very strong footprint in ANZ this past year, counting many innovative brands as its customers. In ANZ customers include Woolies X, Macquarie Bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Ticketek, Humanitix, and more
According to IDC, the worldwide database software market is forecast to be ~$73 billion in 2021, growing to ~$119 billion in 2025. (Source: IDC’s Semiannual Software Tracker 2020 H2, May 2021)
