Converged IP Solutions distie Mayflex has a appointed Melanie Day as the Head of Channel Sales for Hikvision, a new position focused on the management and development of sales of Hikvision stuff into the reseller market.
Melanie joins Mayflex with experience in the security industry, and in particular, the manufacturer of CCTV solutions, Hikvision.
Gavin Jackson has joined Microsoft as the vendor’s managing director for enterprise commercial business in the UK.
Jackson said: “I am excited to join Microsoft, whose cloud business has gone from strength to strength in the UK thanks to a reputation for putting customers first and supporting businesses on their digital transformation journeys.
Cloudy CloudBolt Software has appointed Patrick Malaperiman as the new Vice President of Sales for EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa). Based out of London, he will be responsible for helping CloudBolt grow its presence and scale its customer base across the EMEA region.
With nearly 30 percent of CloudBolt’s customer base outside the US, the strategic hire of Malaperiman comes on the heels of the company’s successful 2019. This includes the opening of new locations in London and Boston, 50 percent year-over-year growth in customer orders, and being named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list.
Malaperiman brings an extensive background of over 25 years in the software industry, including 15 years leading international sales, sales engineering, and channel teams. Malaperiman most recently served as Senior Vice President of Sales, EMEA at NetBrain Technologies, and Vice President of International Sales at Cherwell Software. Prior to Cherwell, Malaperiman served in senior EMEA sales roles during two successful IPOs at ServiceNow and Twilio.
UK-based Tollring, the software developer behind communications analytics, call recording and anti-fraud product iCall Suite, has hired Graham Evans to head up business strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Evans brings with him over 20 years of management expertise in product, marketing and sales within the telecommunications industry having previously worked at Vonage, Vocus, M2 Telecommunications, AAPT and Hutchison Telecom.
Hybrid cloud solution provider Unitas Global appointed Mary Stanhope as its Chief Marketing Officer.
Walker, who heads to Unitas Global from iMarket2, and brings more than two decades of experience in leadership positions in marketing, product, and channels at technology and services companies.
Her previous work has included Global Capacity, Sidera Networks, Atos Origin, and SchlumbergerSema. She also has been named CRN’s Top Women in the Channel, Global Telecom Business’s 50 Women to Watch in Communication, and Fierce Telecom’s Top 10 Wired Women.
Nutanix has appointed Thomas Rollin as Director of Global Accounts for its EMEA region. He will focus on heightening customer service delivery for the company’s global accounts, accelerating sales growth and providing trusted advisor services.
Rollin said: “After 16 years at NetApp, I am looking forward to building a best in class EMEA organisation, focused on customer experience. One that delivers a white-glove experience to customers as we help them on their journey to the cloud.”
In his time at NetApp, Rollin was tasked with driving sales, improving customer experiences and growing the company’s C-Level engagements and relationships by establishing himself as a trusted advisor to their businesses.
Keith White has been named as the head of HPE GreenLake – the newly-created edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service business unit.
With more than 20 years’ experience at Microsoft, White played a key role in developing Microsoft’s end-to-end, go-to-market and cloud business strategy.
HPE said his most recent role as head of Intelligence Cloud, Worldwide Commercial Business, included playing a key role in driving significant Azure growth over seven consecutive years, HPE said.
White brings extensive experience in worldwide field sales and marketing, partner ecosystem development and business strategy leadership to his role, HPE said,
Sabio has hired former NewVoiceMedia CEO, Minecast and Symantec executive Jonathan Gale as its new CEO.
Gale will step into shoes that are vacated by Andy Roberts, who will become a vice-chairman.
Since Horizon Capital backed the firm in 2016, it has sealed six deals, including Callware, SaaS solutions provider Rapport, contact centre player DatapointEurope, customer insight and contact centre benchmarking firm Bright UK and flexAnswer Solutions, the Singapore-based provider of Virtual Assistant solutions.
Gale’s task will be to drive the growth and exploit the opportunities that are out there in the customer experience market.
TIBCO Software announced that Scott Roza has been appointed its new president & global head of customer operations.
Roza will lead TIBCO’s global sales, alliances, professional services, and customer excellence functions. He will report to TIBCO’s chief executive officer, Dan Streetman.
Roza was formerly president of worldwide field operations at Clearwater Analytics, a privately held global fintech firm, and before that served as chief business officer at Guidewire Software, a publicly-traded technology company serving the insurance industry. Prior to Guidewire, Roza was CEO of Skytap, a venture-backed SaaS company that achieved 70%+ year-over-year growth for five consecutive years.
TIBCO chief executive officer Dan Streetman said: “Scott understands digital transformation, he’s customer-focused, and he’s a proven business leader who understands how to drive go-to-market performance in high-growth markets.”
Global channel services provider, Agilitas IT Solutions’s brand ambassador, Georgia Hall has picked up her gong
Georgia was awarded her MBE today by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. Georgia attended the ceremony with her Mother and Grandmother who proudly supported her as she received the award.
Georgia Hall became an Agilitas brand ambassador earlier this year and sports the company’s logo on her clothing at all tournaments. She has also been host to a number of exciting company events where Agilitas employees and partners have been in attendance and she will also be attending the opening of Agilitas’ new international logistics hub early next year.
The 23-year-old from Bournemouth was also the Women’s European Number One in the sport for 2017 and 2018. In August last year, her two-shot victory at the Women’s British Golf Open marked the fifth win for a British woman at a major championship.
Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced the appointment of Niclas Sanfridsson (pictured) as its new chief executive officer.
The move follows CEO Detlef Spang’s decision to retire at the end of the year. Spang led the firm since its inception as an operationally-independent business from the Colt network business in 2015. During his tenure, Spang drove the data centre business and accelerated growth of its hyperscale footprint, Colt DCS said, enabling it to realise its vision of becoming the “most trusted and customer-centric” data centre operator.
Security outfit Avast announced leadership promotions as part of its cunning plan to boost channel partner support.
Daniel Parks (pictured) is promoted to Sales Director for UK and Rest of World, and Thomas Hefner is promoted to Sales Director for the DACH and Benelux regions, with immediate effect.
Vita Santrucek, GM for Avast Business, said: “One of my areas of focus this year is on ensuring excellence in our products and growth in our partner program. With these promotions, I have assigned additional responsibilities to Daniel and Thomas who will be supporting our delivery in these two core areas and building out our partner channel in their respective geographies. Their contribution will be key to the expansion of our product portfolio, increasing our channel support services, and reinforcing our footprint globally.”
Cybersecurity and anti-virus outfit ESET has appointed David Mole as its new UK channel director.
The outfit has been carrying out some improvements to its channel model of late to provide “perfectly matched skills and expertise” and enhance customer service for its 3,000-strong partner base in the UK.
Azure founder Deepak Patil has been appointed to lead Dell Technologies’ cloud business to become senior vice president of Dell Technologies Cloud Platforms and Solutions Group.
Patil spent more than 15 years at Microsoft from 2000 to 2015 holding a variety of general manager roles for Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Azure Engineering and Global Foundation Services. He was one of the founding members of Microsoft’s public cloud Azure platform, creating the first-ever application to run on Azure while leading the design and growth of Azure.
Cloud-based contact centre software provider, Puzzel, has appointed Rob Wiles as Partner Channel Director.
In this role, Wiles will build a brand-new partner programme across Europe, to fuel the company’s glorious three year growth plan.
Wiles has held a variety of roles covering high touch sales, distribution and vendor channel management. He joins Puzzel from Unify, part of the Atos group, where he was VP Channel Sales – UK & Ireland. Prior to Unify, he spent time at ShoreTel before becoming Head of Channel at unified communications and managed service provider APSL.
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