Cloudera has promoted Michelle Hoover to Senior Vice President of Global Alliances & Channels.The promotion comes as the company commits to its partner ecosystem's growth strategy.Michelle brings over 20 years of experience to her new role, including management and executive positions at Confluent, Red Hat, and Oracle.One of Michelle's objectives is to build a robust system integrator partner business.Michelle wants to ensure that Cloudera's partner ecosystem can generate services and grow with the company.Michelle's goal is to make sure system integrator partners and independent software vendors are successful with Cloudera.Michelle advises partners to trust the vendors they partner with when considering newer technologies such as AI.Cloudera's partner ecosystem delivers best-of-breed technology solutions to joint customers from the biggest names in the industry.Cloudera is known for fostering collaboration with partners, growing relationships, and innovating for the future.Michelle loves the outdoors, nature, competitive sports, like tennis, and spending time with her family.