Summary
Hervé Lemaitre is a senior product marketing and competitive intelligence leader at Red Hat with over two decades of experience shaping enterprise open source strategy, go-to-market execution, and sales enablement across EMEA. He combines deep technical fluency in cloud, Linux, DevOps and emerging IT trends with hands-on sales leadership, advising CxOs and field teams on positioning RHEL and related platforms at scale. At Red Hat he built and runs competitive and market intelligence for the RHEL portfolio, translating analyst insight and market signals into actionable programs, content and win strategies. A seasoned public speaker and media-trained spokesperson, he also represents open source interests in industry bodies and education initiatives, helping bridge academia and enterprise needs. Notably, his career blends frontline pre-sales and technical account leadership with strategic product marketing, giving him a rare perspective that ties product differentiation directly to customer outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
DEA - with INRIA, Imaging and Robotics, DEA - with INRIA, Imaging and Robotics at Polytech Nice Sophia
Engineer, Computer and Mathematics, Engineer, Computer and Mathematics at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
Master of Science, Computer science and telecommunications, Master of Science, Computer science and telecommunications at Cranfield University
English, French