Melissa Di Donato

Melissa Di Donato is an American-born businesswoman based in the United Kingdom and former CEO of SUSE.[1]

Melissa Di Donato
NationalityBritish
EducationMBA in International Business from American University: Kogod School of Business (1996)
MBA in Russian Language and Literature from American University (1996)
BA Double Major in Russian Language and Literature and Political Science from Manhattanville College (1994)
Occupation(s)Business executive, software developer, author
Known forCEO of SUSE
SpouseDarren Roos

Career

Early in her career, Melissa Di Donato worked on enterprise resource planning system, SAP R3. She had various positions at IBM, Salesforce, Oracle and eventually became the chief revenue officer of SAP's cloud division.[2]

In mid-2019, Di Donato was appointed as the CEO of SUSE.[3] In May of 2021, SUSE successfully listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.[4] On March 21, 2023, Di Donato decided to step down as CEO of SUSE.[5] On April 22, 2023 Di Donato was appointed as a non-executive board member to the newly created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) within the UK government.[6]

Melissa Di Donato serves as a non-executive director at JPMorgan Chase, is a member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche, and holds advisory roles at Notion Capital.[7]

Philanthropy

Melissa Di Donato is the co-founder of Inner Wings, a foundation dedicated to empowering young girls. She is a trustee of Founders4Schools and the inaugural Technology Group chair of the 30% Club. She also served as a Stemettes Godmother and a mentor to young girls.

Melissa Di Donato has authored multiple children’s books.

References
  1. "SUSE surprisingly replaces boss". marketscreener.
  2. Chan, Rosalie. "The CEO of SUSE says the coronavirus crisis may benefit the open source company, especially now that its biggest rival has been 'taken out' by IBM". Business Insider.
  3. "Former SAP COO, Melissa Di Donato, appointed CEO of SUSE". Information Age. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  4. Busvine, Arno Schuetze, Douglas (May 19, 2021). "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Software company SUSE holds own in Frankfurt debut". Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
  5. "SUSE S.A. appoints Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen as new CEO". March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via www.suse.com.
  6. "The stars align for science and tech as non-execs are appointed to the DSIT Start-Up Board". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  7. "Team – Melissa Di Donato". Notion vc.
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