Oracle hires away Amazon Web Services VP as chief marketing officer

Oracle Corp. has hired a new chief marketing officer away from its rival Amazon Web Services, the Redwood City software giant confirmed Monday. Ariel Kelman joins Oracle after almost nine years at AWS, most recently as vice president of worldwide marketing. He previously spent six years at Salesforce and six years at Ventaso, a company he cofounded in 1999. Kelman replaces Rupal Shah Hollenbeck, a 23-year Intel Corp. veteran who is leaving Oracle after a year in the role. Hollenbeck stepped down…