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Ultima appoints former Softcat boss cloud Top Cat

Posted on November 12, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Ultima has appointed former Softcat head James Hunnybourne as its cloud solutions director.

Hunnybourne was Softcat head of technology services and solutions and said that Ultima had a lot of capability in cloud.

He said: “I’m delighted to be leading the cloud team and be part of a company with a strong drive and people with great technical capabilities. I’m looking forward to building the cloud practice and demonstrating to the market how our technology and services can help improve their business outcomes.”

SaaS finance specialist joins software analytics firm Tiger as CFO

Posted on November 9, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Workplace data analytics organisation Tiger has appointed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) strategy leader Vicky Staley as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

Former ICSA Software International CFO Vicky Staley has more than 20 years of business technology expertise and was most recently international director of finance for Boats Group – which owns and operates the leading online boating marketplaces around the world.

Staley will play a major role in overhauling the Hampshire-headquartered company’s processes and systems.

The company said it is on track to secure 80 new subscription contracts by the end of 2021. Additionally, the organisation has launched the latest version of its workplace analytics software product, Tiger Prism.

Staley said: “This is a truly exciting time to be joining a progressive company that is creating demand around the importance of why leaders must now understand – and unlock – workplace data. Being able to provide critical business context will help them to enhance productivity, performance, and engagement.

Imperva appoints Jorgenson Euro head of channel sales

Posted on November 4, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Security outfit Imperva has appointed Kirt Jorgenson as Vice President of EMEA Channel Sales.

The company said that Jorgenson work closely with partners across the region to create programs designed to grow their business with Imperva products, solutions, and services.

It added he will scale any collaborative go-to-market partner activities that need a bit of scaling and expanding the Imperva brand across EMEA.

Imperva Regional Vice President Spencer Young said that the outfit’s network of partners was under Jorgenson’s leadership.

“We will continue to help them grow their businesses and take advantage of the market opportunity we all have. Our Partners will benefit from Kirt’s deep understanding of the Imperva business globally and the strong relationships he already has with the EMEA Channel community”, Young said.

Virgin Media O2 Business appoints Diego Tedesco as wholesale fixed director

Posted on November 2, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Virgin Media O2 Business has appointed Diego Tedesco as its Wholesale Fixed Director reporting to Jo Bertram, Business and Wholesale Managing Director,  and will join Virgin Media O2’s senior leadership team.

Tedesco will lead the day-to-day operations of the Fixed Wholesale business as it continues to drive growth and strengthen its partner ecosystem.

Diego previously served as Wholesale Fixed Commercial Marketing Director and has been operating as a member of the Wholesale Fixed leadership team for almost 9 years across various roles in the Finance, Strategy and Commercial teams.

ChannelEngine hires Ruben Stappers as CFO

Posted on November 2, 2021 by - Moving People, News

ChannelEngine announced that Ruben Stappers joins its management team as CFO, effective 1 November 2021.

ChannelEngine helps Brands, Retailers & Wholesalers to connect to marketplaces and other sales channels worldwide. Its clients include Bugaboo, Hunkemöller, Brabantia, Bosch, JDE, and Reckitt.

Stappers has 20 years of progressive finance experience, 12 of these at Royal Philips’ Lighting, Corporate, and Consumer Lifestyle divisions. In 2014 he was appointed as the global CFO at the Lifestyle Entertainment division, where he supported the carve-out, sale, and financial management of the business. As the CFO at ZALORA, he had a leading role in scaling the No.1 Fashion Marketplace of Southeast Asia from the startup phase to the IPO.

Synaxon UK reshuffles

Posted on October 28, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Synaxon UK has brought in Peter Mulvihill as Category Manager and Jane Haack as Key Account Manager, in a bit of a reshuffle to encourage growth.

Mulvihill will be responsible for managing Synaxon UK’s growing vendor and distributor portfolio, which includes major names such as Lenovo, Microsoft, HP, Dell, and APC. He brings two decades of experience working in distribution and reseller procurement and joins the channel services group from PC gaming systems specialist, Overclockers, where he spent the last three years as Purchasing Manager.

Haack will be responsible for liaising with Synaxon UK’s partners and recruiting and enabling additional partners for EGIS – Synaxon’s online procurement platform, Synaxon Distribution, Synaxon Managed Services (SMS), and the EGIS eCom e-commerce platform. She has previously worked in sales roles at managed services specialist Datto, and web content management provider, Altis.

Birch is Ensono’s new Euro MD

Posted on October 25, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Hannah Birch has been appointed SVP and Managing Director (MD), Ensono Europe.

The appointment follows Ensono’s acquisition of cloud consultancy Amido, enabling Ensono to help more clients with their transformation challenges and co-creating new digital models. Birch takes over the role of MD of Europe from Barney Taylor.

Birch joined Ensono in June with a remit to transition into the managing director role. She spent over a decade at Accenture as Managing Director in Technology. Her work at Accenture included responsibilities heading up its Insurance Practice for Technology and on the Technology Leadership Team for UK & Ireland.

Birch brings over 20 years of experience in the IT industry to her role at Ensono. She has worked with many multinationals both across the Insurance and Energy sector, as well as data centre and service management transformation engagements. Before her roles at Accenture, Birch held “Leadership” positions at both Computacenter and Fujitsu Services UK.

Insight hires Joyce Mullen

Posted on October 20, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Insight Enterprises has named Joyce Mullen as its new president and CEO.

Mullen will succeed Ken Lamneck, who has led the reseller since 2010 and remains with the company to “assist Mullen as she transitions to her new role”.

Mullen has been Insight’s North America president for the past year. Before that, she spent 21 years at Dell Technologies, and worked in various sales, service delivery and IT solutions roles, including as president for the global channel, embedded and edge solutions.

“We are proud to announce this exceptional leader as our new CEO. Mullen is the perfect candidate to lead our business into the future,” Lamneck said.

Acronis appoints Maritz as new Chairman

Posted on October 19, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Paul Maritz 

Security outfit  Acronis has appointed Paul Maritz as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective 21 September 2021.

It will be a busy time for the company. Earlier this year, Acronis raised $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation and announced former GoDaddy’s partners business president, Patrick Pulvermüller, as the new chief executive officer.

The outfit provides  MSPs with tools to manage the environments of their customer’s security using its Acronis Cyber Protect product.

The company said that it will continue to make acquisitions to become one of the world’s major players of providing  backup, security, and management tools on the market. Over 12,000 service providers use Acronis Cyber Protect to manage over 2,000,000 workloads around the world, positioning Acronis for even more company growth in the future.

Acronis CEO Patrick Pulvermüller said that Maritz bought a wealth of experience developing products to meet market demands and take companies to the next level.

Arcserve names Brannon Lacey new CEO

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

Data protection outfit Arcserve has named Brannon Lacey as its CEO.

The appointment comes as Arcserve wants to rapidly expand on its global top five data protection vendor position following the merger with StorageCraft in March of this year. Arcserve brings, it’s said,  much-needed data and business certainty to organisations of all sizes globally.

Dave Hansen, Arcserve’s Chairman of the Board said: “Brannon is an exceptional business leader. He brings a tremendous track record in leading fast-growth global companies and achieving strong and sustainable growth in highly competitive markets. His deep experience with channel-driven organisations from both vendor and customer perspective will be of immense value to Arcserve as a 100% channel-centric company.”

LogPoint appoints Wallen UK regional director

Posted on October 4, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Security outfit LogPoint has appointed Tim Wallen as Regional Director for the UK & Ireland. Wallen will be responsible for driving strategic growth and leading the growing team of LogPoint sales, marketing, and technical professionals working out of the new LogPoint offices in the City of London.

Wallen said: “I’m excited to join LogPoint at a time where large-scale digital transformation is accelerating, and remote working projects are redefining the way organizations work. As an application development and delivery is being revolutionalised, there has never been a bigger need to understand the threat landscape for any kind of organisation, big or small.”

David Helm takes over at virtualDCS

Posted on September 23, 2021 by - Moving People, News

Leeds based cloud computing and disaster recovery specialist, virtualDCS, has appointed technology expert, Dave Helm, as a non-executive director to spearhead the company’s next phase of growth.

For those who came in late, Helm co-founded Leeds based IT services business, Blue Logic, which supplied technology, cloud solutions and IT security. Blue Logic employed an 80-strong team and with an annual turnover of more than £8million when it was sold in 2019.

Following this, Helm now holds non-executive director roles at a number of leading technology companies, including Leeds firms, Rabb-IT and Cindercone.

He said: “Over the last decade virtualDCS has made a big impact in the IT industry, establishing a market leading range of products including its CloudCover Disaster Recovery suite and its market leading Microsoft 365 backup solution, CloudCover 365. These products are now widely used by clients across the public and private sectors.

Bluebell takes on more management hires

Posted on September 20, 2021 by - Moving People

Fibrish  Bluebell Opticom has made two new hires to its senior management team.

From 1 October  Samir Mansuri will be technical director; Anil Parmar, sales and marketing director; Peter Murray manufacturing and production director, and Paul Gibbins as non-executive director.

Bluebell Opticom MD  Paul Felix McCann said that all the new hires excel in their respective roles, and bring Bluebell the knowledge, creativity, and experience to optimise its operations and enhance our ability to address evolving market requirements with fibre solutions.

Mansuri most recently served as principal electronics design engineer for Camera Corps and held similar roles with industry leaders including SIS LIVE, Pro-Bel, and DTL Broadcast, designing creative solutions for high-profile live events and other broadcast applications.

Delphix hires Harbert to lead its marketing

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

DevOps outfit Delphix has appointed Josh Harbert as Chief Marketing Officer.

Delphix Worldwide Field Operations president Steven Chung said Harbert’s analytical and revenue-focused leadership, combined with his proven track record in enabling technology companies to grow market share aggressively, will be a great asset.

Harbert brings over two decades of marketing experience at high-growth companies with a particular focus on pipeline generation, account-based marketing growth strategies, scaling marketing teams and technology stacks, customer marketing, and executive engagement.

Harbert’s marketing leadership experience spans tenures at Apptio, Qumulo, and most recently, Tanium. While at Apptio, he was instrumental in the company’s growth from an early stage through IPO and an eventual $2 billion sale to private equity in 2019.

ThycoticCentrify hires SHRM’s Keith Green

Posted on September 15, 2021 by - Moving People, News

ThycoticCentrify, a provider of cloud identity security solutions formed by the merger of privileged access management (PAM) leaders Thycotic and Centrify, today announced that Keith Green has joined the company as Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer.

Green joins ThycoticCentrify with more than 25 years of experience leading major corporate transformations and will oversee the newly-combined company’s HR strategies and several business operations.

Green previously served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) where he led financial management, operations, and business strategy. Under Green’s stewardship, SHRM successfully navigated the Covid-19 crisis and achieved the strongest financial position in its 70-year history.