MELBOURNE – 4 July, 2024 – New Relic, the all-in-one observability platform for every engineer, announced the appointment of Peter Marelas to Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). Marelas previously held the role of Chief Architect, APJ at New Relic. In this newly created position, Marelas will work strategically alongside key customers to solve complex technical challenges, while evangelising New Relic and observability through frequent speaking and executive engagements region-wide. The appointment is effective immediately.

“We are thrilled to have Peter take on the newly created role of Field CTO for APJ. His deep technical knowledge and focus on customer success will be crucial in scaling our operations, while he continues to communicate and evangelise the value of full-stack observability to our customers, partners and the broader industry,” said Rob Newell, New Relic Vice President of Solutions Consulting for Asia Pacific and Japan.

Marelas has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry where he has led transformative programs and teams at companies including Dell and EMC and solved complex technical and business challenges. Marelas holds multiple qualifications and patents in data science, deep learning, data engineering, data management, cloud engineering and security.

Peter Marelas, Field Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan

“I’m honoured to take on the role of Field CTO for New Relic in the Asia Pacific region,” said Marelas. “I’ve had the privilege of helping countless customers across multiple industries during my tenure at New Relic, and this new position will enable me to get even closer to our customers by helping them bridge the gap between technology, observability and business strategy.”

Leading organisations in the APJ region, including Australia Post, Tokopedia, ANZ Bank, Domino’s, Zomato, Flight Centre, IAG, HT Digital Streams, HealthifyMe and Virgin Australia rely on New Relic’s observability platform to achieve greater scale and efficiency, improve uptime and performance, and accelerate time to market to deliver great customer experiences.

Engineers and IT leaders interested in New Relic’s Full Stack Observability solutions may visit newrelic.com.

About New Relic

As a leader in observability, New Relic empowers engineers with a data-driven approach to planning, building, deploying, and running great software. New Relic delivers the only unified data platform that empowers engineers to get all telemetry—metrics, events, logs, and traces—paired with powerful full-stack analysis tools to help engineers do their best work with data, not opinions. Delivered through the industry’s first usage-based consumption pricing that’s intuitive and predictable, New Relic gives engineers more value for the money by helping improve planning cycle times, change failure rates, release frequency, and mean time to resolution. This helps the world’s leading brands including adidas Runtastic, American Red Cross, Australia Post, Banco Inter, Chegg, GoTo Group, Ryanair, Sainsbury’s, Signify Health, TopGolf, and World Fuel Services (WFS) improve uptime, reliability, and operational efficiency to deliver exceptional customer experiences that fuel innovation and growth. www.newrelic.com.