Melissa Di Donato

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Melissa Di Donato
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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 forFormer CEO of SUSE
SpouseDarren Roos

Melissa Di Donato is an American-born businesswoman based in the United Kingdom, CEO of Kyriba [1] and former CEO of SUSE. [2]

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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. [3]

In mid-2019, Di Donato was appointed as the CEO of SUSE. [4] In May 2021, SUSE successfully listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. [5] On March 21, 2023, Di Donato decided to step down as CEO of SUSE. [6] 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. [7]

In September 2023, Di Donato was appointed as CEO of Kyriba. [8]

Di Donato serves as a non-executive director at JPMorgan Chase, is a member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche, board member at Mews and holds advisory roles at Notion Capital. [9]

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.

Di Donato has authored multiple children’s books.

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