Channel People on the Move: AWS, Spectrum, TPx, SolarWinds, More
We also have moves at N-able, Logitech, Semafone and more.
Cisco vet Ruba Borno is taking over as channel chief at Amazon Web Services, replacing Doug Yeum, who is moving to Amazon’s retail division.
Borno most recently was SVP and general manager of customer experience centers and managed services at Cisco. She at one point was the only millennial executive at the company.
Read more about Borno and the transition at AWS.
Piknik, which specializes in storage for blockchain and cryptocurrency, hired a familiar face as its new chief revenue officer.
That’s Michael Fair, who previously was a staple in the telco/cable channel with experience at Fusion Connect, Spectrum and more.
Get the full scoop on what Fair will be doing.
Laurent Delattre will focus on SolarWinds‘ commitment to partners and customers as VP for EMEA sales.
The IT management software and remote monitoring provider’s new hire is based in France. Delattre most recently was VP of EMEA sales at Pulse Secure. He also spent 12 years at Trend Micro.
Charles Mangin is the new “head Mac nerd” at N-able, the provider of tools and resources for MSPs.
Mangin has 20 years of experience using and supporting Macs in a variety of business environments. He’s been with N-able for five months; before that, he spent three-and-a-half years at Oracle.
Zoom made a couple of international channel hires.
That’s Jens Walter on the left. He’s the new leader, service providers, Europe, responsible for developing strategic partnerships with leading European service providers. Walter started his career in channel sales with IBM. Most recently, he was VP of sales and strategy, Europe, in the service provider and channel segments for Huawei.
That’s Jacob Pereira on the right. As head of partners, APAC, he’s responsible for go-to-market for channel sales and partnerships, Asia Pacific. He most recently was senior director of channels, Asia Pacific and Japan, for Nutanix.
Geoff Garrett will lead sales for GPS Insight, the SaaS-based fleet management software provider, as chief revenue officer.
He’s held a range of positions in the industry, most recently as CEO at Syspro USA, the ERP software provider.
Josh Gill is now a regional channel sales manager with Spectrum Business. He just came over from the direct sales side of the business after five-and-a-half years as an enterprise account executive with the cableco.
He also worked for Time Warner Cable for 13 years before Charter/Spectrum bought it.
After nearly 20 years at Tech Data (now part of TD Synnex), Anthony Graziano is off to Logitech, where he is worldwide head of channel marketing.
Stuart Abbott is the new are vice president and general manager of UK and Ireland for data-management provider Commvault.
Abbott has led both UK&I accounts at Dell and built the current global alliances business for EMEA at Dell Financial Services in the past five years.
Cybersecurity company Imperva tapped Kirt Jorgensen as its new vice president of EMEA channel sales.
He will work closely with partners to create programs that grow their businesses with Imperva products and services.
This is a promotion for the six-year Imperva veteran, who the company originally hired to lead its global partner marketing team.
Stacy Conrad just got promoted at TPx, the managed services and UCaaS provider.
Conrad, well-known for her work as a founding member of the Alliance of Channel Women (then Women in the Channel), is now senior VP of channel sales.
You might also know her from previous stops at MicroCorp and Fusion Connect.
Read what Conrad’s boss had to say about her.
You’re looking at Scott Stout (left) and Brian Feeney, new execs at security company Deep Instinct. Stout is the new VP of Americas sales and Feeney is VP of global channels and MSSPs.
You might know Stout from nine years at Palo Alto Networks. Feeney spent the last four-plus years there as well.
Deep Instinct has a 100% channel sales model.
Riya Shanmugam is the new channel chief at New Relic, the provider of SaaS monitoring tools.
She comes to New Relic from Adobe, where she worked with partners for three years, leaving the company as senior director of global customer and partner strategy.
Learn more about Shanmugam’s new gig.
John Giacomini takes the lofty position of senior VP of sales, North America, at Netskope, the SASE provider. He will lead the company’s sales and field teams as part of Netskope’s aggressive global growth initiative.
Giacomini’s last job was chief revenue officer for Agari, with previous experience at Cylance, Forcepoint, Blue Coat and more big names in the industry.
That there is Rachel Seagrove, new head of IT delivery at OGL Group, the provider of cybersecurity, managed IT services and ERP software.
Her job is to introduce operational efficiences into the company’s IT solutions division. This is a promotion for Seagrove, who has been with OGL for more than nine years.
Jason Samples is the new chief revenue officer at Addigy. It’s a newly created role at the company. Samples is a ConnectWise and Dell alum.
Addigy provides cloud-based, multitenant Apple device management software to MSPs.
Semafone named channel veteran Gary Levy its new chief revenue officer for the Americas. He will focus on go-to-market capabilities and securing technology alliances.
The company provides secure cloud, hybrid and on-premises solutions to contact centers and any business that accepts payments.
You know Levy from 30 years at Avaya and a stint as VP of worldwide enterprise alliances and channels at Oracle.
Read our Q&A with Levy.
Shawn Ifill is the new director of strategic partnerships and alliances at FlexITy. He will further develop the integrator of smart technology and services’ partner community with a focus on aligning disruptive solutions to meet client needs. He will also execute channel strategies to meet company targets for growth and profitability.
His extensive background includes 11 years at Dell, five at Softchoice, and most recently, three-and-a-half years at FireEye.
Printing giant Epson has done some restructuring that puts Richard Wells, formerly responsible for sales across the company’s entire business portfolio, in charge of a division dedicated to managed print services for business inkjet.
It’s part of a move by Epson to replace laser printers in the UK and Ireland with heat-free inkjet solutions as a managed service.
At the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, Telia Carrier introduced William Drake as its new channel development manager.
He spent the previous four-and-a-half years at Zayo Group.
Kurt Abrahams is the new VP of marketing for MSP360. The company is a provider of backup and IT management solutions for MSPs and IT departments.
Abrahams most recently led the development of internal and external marketing and communications initiatives for Veriato, an AI security company.
Mark Ayotte, a Firstlight Fiber vet who spent the last year at Subsidium Technologies, is back in channel sales at Calero-MDSL, the telecom expense management provider.
He is a partner account manager with the company.
Vodafone appointed Joe Llewellyn to lead its channel business in the UK. He was already head of commercial at Vodafone, so his duties are increasing.
Llewellyn will help the company’s partners market and sell its range of mobile, fixed, converged and IoT solutions to businesses of all sizes across the UK.
Mike de Haan is a new cloud solutions consultant for RapidScale‘s Northeast division.
The managed cloud services provider, owned by Cox Business, says de Haan is responsible for enabling partners in the Northeast and their ongoing growth and development in the region.
de Haan previously worked for a large VAR and longtime RapidScale partner.
Mike de Haan is a new cloud solutions consultant for RapidScale‘s Northeast division.
The managed cloud services provider, owned by Cox Business, says de Haan is responsible for enabling partners in the Northeast and their ongoing growth and development in the region.
de Haan previously worked for a large VAR and longtime RapidScale partner.
As fall turned toward winter, vendors and partners in the channel hired and promoted people to fill important roles.
From CEOs of small companies on down to channel managers at big vendors, the industry had a busy November.
AWS got a new channel chief. Well-known Avaya and Spectrum vets landed new gigs.
You’ll find 26 people on the move in November in our slideshow above. And if you got busy during the lead-up to Thanksgiving, don’t fret; you can check out our webpage specifically devoted to channel people on the move around the clock.
Check out last month’s edition featuring those hired and promoted at TBI, Citrix, Aryaka, Avant and more.
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