Red Hat, Inc. announced that on January 18, 2017, the Board of Directors of Red Hat, Inc. appointed Eric R. Shander to serve as the company's acting chief financial officer and principal financial officer, effective January 20, 2017, pending a decision on a permanent replacement. Mr. Shander replaces Frank Calderoni, whose resignation was previously disclosed by the Company in a report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2016. Mr. Shander joined the company in November 2015 and currently serves as the Company's Vice President, Finance and Accounting and principal accounting officer.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Shander spent over twenty years in a variety of business and finance roles at International Business Machines Corporation.