Melissa Di Donato is an American-born businesswoman based in the United Kingdom and the CEO of

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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

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of SAP's cloud division. In mid-2019, Di Donato was appointed as the CEO of SUSE. In May of 2021, SUSE successfully listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Melissa Di Donato serves as a non-executive director at

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, is a member of the Supervisory Board of

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, and holds advisory roles at Notion Capital.

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

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. She also served as a Stemettes Godmother and a mentor to young girls. Melissa Di Donato has authored multiple children’s books.

References

External links

SUSE profile
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