Seasoned technology and sales leader to lead New Relic in APJ
Simon Lee joins New Relic as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ)
New Relic has appointed Simon Lee as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ). An experienced leader in the tech sector, Lee will focus on driving continued success for New Relic’s APJ business.
The intelligent observability company continues to expand across the region, especially in Japan, Australia and India. Since establishing itself in the region with an office in India in 2022, the company has grown up to 400% in the region till 2024. In 2022, New Relic also launched the Hyderabad Innovation Center.
“New Relic is a proven market leader in the observability space with a strong and growing customer base, innovative product, and incredible team,” said Lee.
In his new role, Lee will join an established regional leadership team including Vice President of South Pacific Sales Jason Leonidas, Vice President of Customer Adoption Rob Newell, and other key senior leaders.
Taking a look at the observability market in the region, IDC forecasts the Asia Pacific cloud spend to reach US329.1 billion by 2027. New Relic believes businesses across Asia Pacific and beyond are investing heavily in observability to optimize operations, cut cloud costs, enhance customer experiences, and gain valuable insights. The New Relic Intelligent Observability Platform enables businesses to optimize their operations by addressing spiraling cloud cost and tool proliferation, while improving customer experiences.
“The observability market has immense potential for adoption and growth across businesses of all sizes. It’s clear that observability will be critical for digitally savvy organizations in 2025 and beyond, and I’m looking forward to meeting our customers and partners as we continue to help them solve their most pressing business needs,” he added.
Prior to New Relic, Lee held the position of Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan at Gigamon, as well as senior leadership positions at Oracle, Fluke Networks, SAP, and Seagate Technology. He has a proven track record of achieving significant growth for market-leading global companies throughout Asia Pacific.
For New Relic Chief Revenue Officer Chris Jones, the Asia-Pacific region is culturally diverse and highly customer-centric with endless potential for growth.
“The depth and breadth of experience Simon brings to our team will propel New Relic’s Asia-Pacific business to new heights as we continue to expand through scaling our high-performing teams, while delivering great value to our customers,” said Jones.
The New Relic intelligent observability platform helps businesses eliminate interruptions in digital experiences. It is also reportedly the only AI-strengthened platform to unify and pair telemetry data to provide clarity over an entire digital estate.