Category: Moving People

Rubrik hires Ghazal Asif

Posted on February 9, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Data security vendor Rubrik has poached Google’s former customer solutions channel partnerships boss as its new vice president of global partners and alliances.

Ghazal Asif joins from Google where she was head of channel partners in EMEA for Google Customer Solutions, leading channel go-to-market strategy and execution for the region.

She has been senior vice president of worldwide channels at Cybereason, vice president of worldwide channels for GSP & cloud providers at AppDynamics, and director of global channel sales at Cisco Meraki.

Rubrik chief revenue office Brian McCarthy said: “We keep investing in the success of our extensive partner strategy and Ghazal’s leadership and channel experience will continue to fuel our data security growth. She will act as a catalyst for scaling our partner enablement and accelerating our go-to-market channel strategy around the world.”

 

Neil MacDonald runs HP’s UK and Ireland channel biz

Posted on February 1, 2022 by - Moving People, News

HP has tipped Neil MacDonald to run its UK and Ireland channel business.

MacDonald has been with the HP business since 2011. He was the vendor’s consumer director for the UK and Ireland for almost five years before taking a new role in March 2020 as EU head of excellence for marketplaces and Amazon.

He will begin the new role today.

MacDonald will be responsible for go-to-market strategy and sales performance for HP’s print, personal systems, services and solutions business across the region, as well as leading the commercial, consumer and distribution sales teams along with the relationships with HP’s channel partners.

Fitzpatrick defects from Vole to Chipzilla

Posted on January 31, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Intel has appointed Microsoft’s former general manager for worldwide partner sales to head up its own partner sales organisation.

Alyssa Fitzpatrick told her LinkedIn friends about her new role as the chip maker’s vice-president and general manager of global partner sales after six years with Microsoft.

Her responsibilities are listed as “leading the programmes, support, and end-to-end partner journey under the Intel Partner Alliance with a focus on ISVs, systems integrators and cloud partners”.

Anzu.io hires Blight

Posted on January 24, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Chris Blight has joined in-game advertising company Anzu.io to lead its global demand team.

Blight has been part of the UK ad industry for 18 years, having worked as UK Commercial Director at Opera Mediaworks and Sales Director at Autotrader, and spent significant time working at various titles across Haymarket Publishing and Reed Business Information.

He was part of the original team from 4th Screen Advertising acquired by Opera in 2012 and was instrumental in itsrapid growth ahead of the surge in mobile advertising.

Paris surrenders at Sopra Steria

Posted on January 18, 2022 by - Moving People, News

French reseller Sopra Steria’s has appointed Cyril Malargé to succeed the departing Vincent Paris as CEO.

Paris said that after 30 years at the company he wished to be relieved of his CEO duties for personal and family reasons.

Malargé currently leads the group’s operations as a chief operating officer and will take its helm as CEO on 1 March.

Paris said: “I would like to thank Pierre Pasquier sincerely for the trust and the constructive and exacting support he has always given me. I am proud to have been able to contribute in my various functions to the development of Sopra Steria, to which I remain committed. “

Ingram Micro gets new CEO

Posted on January 14, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Ingram Micro has appointed Paul Bay is its new CEO, replacing Alain Monié who has become executive chairman.

Bay previously held the position of executive vice president and president of Global Technology Solutions at the distributor, as well as several other roles including president for the Americas and senior vice president of vendor management.

Ingram Micro is a remarkable organisation thanks to Alain and his leadership over the last decade”, Bay said.

NTT poaches Tech Data’s Murphy

Posted on January 11, 2022 by - Moving People, News

NTT has appointed Miriam Murphy as its European CEO reporting to Global Chief Executive Officer Abhijit Dubey.

Murphy brings more than 25 years of IT experience and joins NTT from Tech Data. At Tech Data, she was a member of the European Executive Board and served as Senior Vice President, Advanced and Specialised Solutions business, EMEA. Murphy was responsible for go-to-market strategy and P&L management, spanning data centre and next-generation technology solutions portfolios including cloud, internet of things, analytics, security collaboration and associated services.

Whitty exits Cisco to join rivals

Posted on January 10, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Former Cisco UK&I channel boss Angela Whitty has left the networking giant to head Crawley-based IT solutions provider Ampito Group.

Whitty said taking the CEO role at Ampito was a “compelling opportunity” after 29 years at Cisco, the last seven of which were spent as MD of UK&I partner sales.

She said that it intrigued her to see how the other half lived after being part of the vendor space for so long.

Assis named Big Blue’s EMEA GM

Posted on January 7, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Ana Paula Assis has been appointed general manager for IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)succeeding Marta Martínez Alonso, who is retiring from IBM after 19 years as a suit.

Assis will be responsible for the business operations, driving revenue growth, client satisfaction, and employee engagement across EMEA.

Cohesity to obey the Law

Posted on January 6, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Cohesity has hired Kirk Law  as senior vice president of R&D where he will have global responsibility for engineering, product management and Cohesity’s ecosystem business.

The tech veteran brings over 30 years of relevant experience to Cohesity with a passion for developing products.

Law said: “We will continue to deliver next-gen solutions that can help organisations radically simplify data management, improve their security postures in the face of sophisticated ransomware attacks, benefit from AI-powered insights, and do more with data, which is their most valuable digital asset.”

Palo Alto Networks names new EMEA CEO

Posted on January 5, 2022 by - Moving People, News

Palo Alto Networks has appointed former Orange Business Services CEO Helmut Reisinger to the position of CEO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Reisinger led a global organisation of 28,000 employees supporting the digital transformation of enterprise customers around the world. Before joining Orange Business Services in 2007, Reisinger held leadership positions across Europe at Avaya, NextiraOne Germany and Alcatel Austria.

Vectra AI appoints Steve Cottrell

Posted on December 17, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Security outfit Vectra AI has appointed Steve Cottrell as its EMEA CTO.

The company said that Cottrell will work to strengthen relationships with customers and prospects, security communities, and government and intelligence agencies to identify key security pain points, while helping evolve security strategies in support of digital transformation and cloud adoption.

Cottrell will help security decision makers communicate the value of AI-driven threat detection and response tools to their teams and senior stakeholders.

Cottrell said that for decades, security teams have been hampered by information overload, and the task of finding the needle in the haystack using a traditional SIEM based approach has largely failed.

Hyperoptic hire’s BT’s Neale as its MD of Infrastructure

Posted on December 16, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Broadband outfit Hyperoptic has appointed Lisa Neale as its MD of Infrastructure. Neale will report into Dana Tobak, CEO and Founder of Hyperoptic, and will be responsible for delivering the company’s network rollout ambitions.

Neale joined BT as an engineer at age 18, she has spent twenty years steadily rising up the ranks in telecoms. She recently held a number of leadership roles at Openreach, including the Director of Fibre Build in UK East, and Director of Fibre and Network Delivery in UK West.

Neale said: “I am really excited to have a key role in enabling Hyperoptic to connect new customers so that they can enjoy a whole new broadband experience. In parallel, I am also looking forward to collaborating with the senior team on new innovative tools and techniques that will help fast track our rollout schedules. I feel that I will be able to add a lot of value from consolidating everything I have learnt through my career.”

Law outfit Wiggin boosts telecom brief

Posted on December 13, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Media, technology and IP law firm Wiggin has announced that telecoms specialist Victoria Harris-Honrado has joined the firm as a partner. The hire is something to do with the arrival of Gordon Moir and his team in October 2020.

Harris-Honrado joins from 3 . Before her time in-house she spent nine years in private practice, including at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells in Brussels.

John Banister, CEO, Wiggin said: “I’m delighted to welcome Victoria to the partnership. As the past two years have demonstrated, the telecoms sector is vital to all. It will only become more so as we move increasingly online, making connectivity critical to all elements of our lives, both personal and professional. I’ve no doubt telecoms will continue to be a key sector for us as we continue to pursue our vision of being the destination law firm for a digital world.” Whatever that means.

New managers arrive at Six Degrees

Posted on November 24, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Cloudy outfit Six Degrees has made a rash of new appointments after appointing Chris Abbott to the role of COO in October.

The company has appointed Gareth Lailey to the role of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Philip Wood to the role of Chief Product & Technical Officer (CPTO).

Gareth Lailey joined Six Degrees on 15th November as CRO. Gareth joins Six Degrees from Rackspace, where he was most recently Sales Director. Gareth brings with him over 15 years of experience guiding businesses through digital transformation, particularly in areas aligned with Six Degrees’ own expertise: public cloud, cyber security, agile workspace technology and professional services.