Mithun Dhar is responsible for representing and championing the voice of the developer internally and externally. In his role as VP & GM of the developer tools & programs BU, Mithun and team partner across the organization and champion the voice of the developer from the outside in. Prior to joining Red Hat, Mithun was vice president of developer relations at HERE Technologies. At HERE, he and his team focused on growing the developer community increasing the developer community’s ability to harness the power of location intelligence and engagement with the HERE open location platform (OLP). Prior to this he was a director of developer relations and strategic communications for SAP Concur, where he led a team that helped developers design, build and market applications that tap into the $1.2 trillion business travel industry.