Butta joins Red Hat
Linux maker Red Hat has appointed Thomas Butta as chief marketing officer, the company said. Butta was formerly chief executive of FGI, a 120-employee marketing and advertising strategy research firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There, he worked on marketing efforts for Lotus, Newsweeks, Reebok, and others. Red Hat sells Linux, an open-source operating system modeled after Unix, along with service and support.
Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer
Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.
Expertise Processors, semiconductors, web browsers, quantum computing, supercomputers, AI, 3D printing, drones, computer science, physics, programming, materials science, USB, UWB, Android, digital photography, science. Credentials
- Shankland covered the tech industry for more than 25 years and was a science writer for five years before that. He has deep expertise in microprocessors, digital photography, computer hardware and software, internet standards, web technology, and more.
Linux maker Red Hat has appointed Thomas Butta as chief marketing officer, the company said. Butta was formerly chief executive of FGI, a 120-employee marketing and advertising strategy research firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There, he worked on marketing efforts for Lotus, Newsweeks, Reebok, and others. Red Hat sells Linux, an open-source operating system modeled after Unix, along with service and support.