PCM’s sales and marketing director Lee Dutton is planning to clean out his desk and exit the building with his belongings in an old photocopy box.
He had only been in the company since October after he was poached from Misco. He hired his old sales team following Misco’s collapse into administration in November.
PCM has confirmed that Dutton is leaving, “but not immediately” and no one is saying why.
PCM is relocating its legacy Scottish office, which was on a temporary lease, following its acquisition last month of Scottish Cisco Gold partner Provista, whose Glasgow HQ is situated just 20 miles away.
It has been suggested that the outfit is cutting back despite it only launching in the UK last May. However this was denied by PCM’s UK boss Donavan Hutchinson.
“We’re constantly reviewing, as obviously we took on a tonne of sales staff [from Misco] all at once who were more product-focused and not solutions-focused, so have found it quite difficult. But everyone is doing well, and we are growing significantly, which will be shown in our financials when PCM in the US releases its financials”, he said.
PCM recently took on experienced industry head Jim Mooney to head up its solutions and services sales, and Hutchinson said he is in no hurry to appoint a replacement for Dutton. He will be running the sales division for the moment.
