Louis J. Attanasio

Biography

Mr. Louis J. Attanasio, also known as Lou, has been Chief Revenue Officer of Nutanix, Inc. since November 02, 2017. Mr. Attanasio is responsible for leading global sales strategy and execution, which includes field and technical sales, inside sales, channel and OEM sales and professional services. He has more than 35 years of technology and sales leadership experience to the company, with a history of growing global sales organizations. He is one of the rare sales leaders who has managed global teams that have sold software at scale. He served as Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President of Informatica Corporation since May 16, 2016. Mr. Attanasio was responsible for executing on Informatica’s global sales efforts including the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. He is a long-time sales leader who has a leadership track record of disciplined, consistent growth from IBM. He served as General Manager of Global Sales at IBM Systems Middleware, which included WebSphere, Rational, cloud and smarter infrastructure (Tivoli) and IBM’s cross brand mainframe software portfolio. Additionally, he focused on increasing value gained from Informatica solutions for all Informatica clients, growing the company’s Total Addressable Market (TAM) and driving international expansion. His team includes the Informatica worldwide sales and technical organization as well as professional services.

Research Interest

Internet Software and Services