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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.”
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