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Craig Bates
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Craig Bates is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Splunk for APJC. He is responsible for ensuring customers in the region can leverage the full portfolio of Splunk solutions to achieve digital resilience. He manages sales, presales, business development, partners and go-to-market product strategies for the region, including ANZ, ASEAN, India, Greater China and Japan.
Craig’s career spans more than two decades, and he has worked with some of Australia's and the world’s most innovative and fastest growing technology companies including Salesforce, Microsoft and Oracle. Before joining Splunk as Vice President in 2023, Craig spent six years with Microsoft as a Director and Branch Leader. He also held sales roles at Salesforce, Oracle and HPE.
Craig is passionate about building and leading teams that enable people to do their most impactful work and delivering transformative success for customers through technology.
He holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School’s Executive Program.
Craig Bates is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Splunk for APJC. He is responsible for ensuring customers in the region can leverage the full portfolio of Splunk solutions to achieve digital resilience. He manages sales, presales, business development, partners and go-to-market product strategies for the region, including ANZ, ASEAN, India, Greater China and Japan.
Craig’s career spans more than two decades, and he has worked with some of Australia's and the world’s most innovative and fastest growing technology companies including Salesforce, Microsoft and Oracle. Before joining Splunk as Vice President in 2023, Craig spent six years with Microsoft as a Director and Branch Leader. He also held sales roles at Salesforce, Oracle and HPE.
Craig is passionate about building and leading teams that enable people to do their most impactful work and delivering transformative success for customers through technology.
He holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School’s Executive Program.
