Randy S. Lea is vice president for the Aster Data Center of Innovation within Teradata Corporation. In this role, Randy is responsible for the sales and execution of big data analytics projects for Teradata in North America. This includes setting strategy, field-based innovation, and overall integration of the Aster Data field organization.Randy was previously vice president of Product Marketing & Management for Teradata, responsible for marketing Teradata products (database, platform, and utilities), Teradata services (professional and customer services), and setting product customer requirements, plus technical field sales support teams.Randy has 29 years of experience with NCR Corporation and Teradata Corporation. Since moving into the Teradata organization in 1995 he has held positions as director of product management for retail data warehouse applications, director of scalable data warehouse marketing, assistant vice president of Teradata Marketing, vice president of Teradata Channel Partner Sales, retail regional sales director, and vice president Teradata Global Sales Support. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University at Fullerton and is a graduate of the Executive Professional Development Program from the California State University at San Diego.