Databricks has appointed former Amazon Web Services executive Corrie Briscoe as Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances for Asia Pacific and Japan, strengthening its regional leadership as enterprise demand for artificial intelligence continues to grow. Based in Singapore, Briscoe will oversee the company’s partner ecosystem across the region and work with cloud providers, systems integrators, independent software vendors, and other technology companies. Her mandate will focus on helping organizations build and scale data applications, analytics platforms, artificial intelligence systems, and AI agents.
Expanding the Regional Partner Ecosystem
The appointment places Briscoe in charge of expanding a network that Databricks says includes more than 1,000 partners across Asia Pacific and Japan. These partners form part of the company’s global ecosystem of more than 8,000 organizations supporting customers with technology implementation, industry expertise, and market-specific services. Databricks expects closer collaboration with its partners to help enterprises manage complex data environments and move AI projects from experimentation into operational deployment.
Extensive Technology Leadership Experience
Briscoe brings approximately three decades of experience developing technology partnerships and channel ecosystems across the Asia-Pacific region. She joins Databricks after eight years at AWS, where she most recently led the APJ Partner Core organization and managed partner programs, strategic investments, and joint go-to-market initiatives. Earlier in her career, she held regional leadership positions at Microsoft and Cisco, where her responsibilities included partner strategy, ecosystem development, and business expansion.
Supporting Enterprise AI Adoption
Databricks said the appointment comes as companies across Asia Pacific and Japan increase their investment in enterprise and agentic AI technologies. Organizations seeking to deploy these systems must address challenges such as fragmented corporate data, shortages of AI-ready technical talent, governance requirements, and different regulatory conditions across regional markets. A broader and more specialized partner network could provide the local expertise and implementation capabilities needed to help businesses introduce AI securely and at scale.
Databricks Invests in Partner Capabilities
The company has also introduced the Brickbuilder Partner Network, a global program intended to help partners accelerate customer adoption of data and AI solutions. The initiative is designed to recognize and support partners that can translate complex technology implementations into measurable business outcomes for customers. Databricks Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships Kori O’Brien said Briscoe’s experience would support the company’s continuing investment in its ecosystem and help partners develop the next generation of AI solutions across the region.
Building Partnerships Around Data and AI
Briscoe said she was attracted to the position by the opportunity to build partnerships capable of accelerating customer success with data and artificial intelligence. In her personal announcement, she described innovation, execution, and trust as central elements of successful technology ecosystems and expressed an intention to collaborate with partners, customers, and Databricks teams throughout the region. She also invited organizations undertaking large-scale data, AI, and agentic transformation projects in Asia Pacific and Japan to explore potential collaboration with the company.
Briscoe’s appointment reflects Databricks’ effort to make partnerships a central component of its expansion strategy in Asia Pacific and Japan. Her experience at AWS, Microsoft, and Cisco gives the company a senior executive with an established background in building regional technology ecosystems and coordinating partner-led growth. As enterprises shift from testing AI tools to deploying them across business operations, Databricks is positioning its partner network to support implementation, governance, and long-term adoption throughout the region.