Paul Gampe, a former executive at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), recently was named chief technology officer at Australia-based NEXTDC.

Gampe was vice president of global engineering services and operations for Red Hat before leaving last November. He had worked at Red Hat since February 2007.

NEXTDC, which operates out of Brisbane, offers information management systems and a data center as a service platform.

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