CA lands ex-Sun president

Lionel Lim will join CA Technologies as President of Asia Pacific, effective August 30th, 2010.

Main responsibilities will include growing business in the APAC region that includes Australia, New Zealand, India, Greater China, Taiwan, Korea and Southeast Asia.

John Ruthven, General Manager and Managing Director of Growth and Emerging Markets for CA, said, “Lionel has 30 years of experience at IT companies in the region, and has proven his ability to drive change, build successful teams, forge outstanding customer relationships and ultimately, grow sales.  Lionel’s addition is good for our customers, our partners and our employees.”

Prior to joining CA, Lim spent 20 years at Sun Microsystems and 10 years at HP.  He held a variety of management and sales roles, including President and COO, Sun Microsystems Asia Pacific and President Sun Asia South, Greater China and Japan.

Lionel will be based in the company’s regional headquarters in Singapore.