Cloud Computing Personnel Moves: Mission Cloud, Navisite, AWS, Broadcom, VMware
See who's where in various cloud computing roles since the start of 2024. Plus, we have more insight into the channel program changes at Broadcom, which recently razed much of VMware's partner efforts.
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Mission Cloud has promoted its chief revenue officer to a brand-new role.
The AWS-only managed service provider said this week that Ted Stuart now holds the title of president, a position Mission Cloud has not previously offered. Stuart reports to founder and CEO Stuart Anderson.
In a press release, Mission Cloud, based in Los Angeles, said Stuart’s promotion comes amid “surging” demand for generative AI engagements. As such, the company needed an executive who could shepherd its growth strategies.
"Ted's strategic growth mindset and customer obsession make him the perfect fit for this expanded role, which will unify teams from marketing and sales to product and service delivery for our next phase where we expect to scale from 500-1,000 U.S. commercial customers through 2026," Anderson said.
Stuart served as Mission Cloud’s CRO for six years. In that time, Anderson said Stuart drove the MSP’s revenue 10 times higher, making him the right choice for the new job. To that point, Stuart will oversee Mission Cloud’s efforts around functions including service delivery, research and development, and go-to-market.
"I'm excited to lead the next phase of Mission's growth as we double down on our key focus areas, including migrations, modernization, generative AI, the AWS marketplace and industry verticals, while also providing our customers with … AWS-managed services,” Stuart said. “In lockstep with AWS, we have built deep trust with our customers to shape their future on the cloud.”
Navisite has named Nate Palmer as its vice president of SAP professional services.
Navisite, an IT channel partner whose portfolio includes managed cloud services for midmarket enterprises, has maintained an especial focus on SAP over the past few years. As more organizations bring their SAP environments into the cloud, they need skilled partners to help them retain data and functionality. Palmer joins Navisite with more than 20 years’ experience in SAP consulting, delivery, sales and practice management leadership.
Palmer’s SAP DNA includes time at global systems integrators PwC and Accenture, consulting firm Camelot, and vendor Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
At Navisite, Palmer holds responsibility for the growth of the company’s SAP professional services group. Key areas of focus include S/4HANA ERP transformations, cloud implementations via RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP and more.
“Nate’s decades of SAP and industry expertise will be invaluable to our customers as they look to modernize with SAP ERP and cloud technologies,” said Dirk Lonser, senior vice president of professional services at Navisite.
This week, Jeremiah Jenson announced on LinkedIn that he now serves as global leader of channel resell partners at AWS.
In a post, Jenson said the division he leads is “one of the fastest-growing pieces of the AWS Partner Business.”
He holds responsibility for the division’s overall channel, including global distribution partners and Marketplace channel go-to-market strategies.
Jenson has worked for AWS for five years. In his previous role, he oversaw global commercial distribution.
Prior to AWS, Jenson had a brief stint in partner sales at Veeam Software and oversaw Americas channel revenue at Hewlett-Packard after working in direct sales for some time.
AWS does not formally announce personnel changes; however, a spokesperson did confirm that Jenson now holds this new role and did not replace anyone.
Finally, we take a look at where one former key VMware channel exec has landed, now that Broadcom owns the longtime virtualization vendor and has subsequently razed most of its acquiree’s channel program.
Ricky Cooper, who served as head of VMware’s worldwide channel and commercial organization for nearly two years, now holds the title of head of worldwide OEM/global partners for Broadcom. Channel Futures was awaiting more details on whether Cooper is responsible for overall Broadcom OEM and global partners, or whether he oversees just VMware by Broadcom. His LinkedIn profile shows “Broadcom.”
We also requested insight into the whereabouts of former VMware channel leaders Tracy-Ann Palmer and Tara Fine. Both of their LinkedIn profiles still display their previous VMware titles and job descriptions. Reliable but officially unconfirmed word has it that Fine’s VMware role as Americas channel chief continues at Broadcom, but there is still no insight as to Palmer’s status.
Cooper and Palmer were instrumental in bringing about VMware’s big Partner Connect changes over the past two or three years.
But with Broadcom upending much of that programming, questions linger. There are a couple of indicative answers, though. Broadcom will offer invite-only participation in its channel program, led by Cindy Loyd, starting Jan. 15. A source close to VMware said active partners will receive invitations, though whether they must have the previously reported $500,000 per-year-VMware revenue is unclear. VMware’s channel program boasted about 30,000 partners, but not all of them are or have been active.
In addition, the VMware by Broadcom channel program will not run on Partner Connect’s points system. It will run on tiers. What those levels are, however, remains undisclosed. Of note is that partners no longer will have to pay to be part of the VMware by Broadcom channel program.
Finally, we take a look at where one former key VMware channel exec has landed, now that Broadcom owns the longtime virtualization vendor and has subsequently razed most of its acquiree’s channel program.
Ricky Cooper, who served as head of VMware’s worldwide channel and commercial organization for nearly two years, now holds the title of head of worldwide OEM/global partners for Broadcom. Channel Futures was awaiting more details on whether Cooper is responsible for overall Broadcom OEM and global partners, or whether he oversees just VMware by Broadcom. His LinkedIn profile shows “Broadcom.”
We also requested insight into the whereabouts of former VMware channel leaders Tracy-Ann Palmer and Tara Fine. Both of their LinkedIn profiles still display their previous VMware titles and job descriptions. Reliable but officially unconfirmed word has it that Fine’s VMware role as Americas channel chief continues at Broadcom, but there is still no insight as to Palmer’s status.
Cooper and Palmer were instrumental in bringing about VMware’s big Partner Connect changes over the past two or three years.
But with Broadcom upending much of that programming, questions linger. There are a couple of indicative answers, though. Broadcom will offer invite-only participation in its channel program, led by Cindy Loyd, starting Jan. 15. A source close to VMware said active partners will receive invitations, though whether they must have the previously reported $500,000 per-year-VMware revenue is unclear. VMware’s channel program boasted about 30,000 partners, but not all of them are or have been active.
In addition, the VMware by Broadcom channel program will not run on Partner Connect’s points system. It will run on tiers. What those levels are, however, remains undisclosed. Of note is that partners no longer will have to pay to be part of the VMware by Broadcom channel program.
’Tis the season for promotions and title changes. This week, the cloud computing sector saw several notable executive placements and promotions.
We start with Mission Cloud, an Amazon Web Services-only cloud managed service provider. Find out who the U.S.-headquartered firm has appointed to its first-ever role of president.
After that, we move over to Navisite. The MSP has been bolstering its proficiencies in migrating SAP environments to the cloud. It continues those efforts with the naming of a longtime SAP expert to oversee its professional services practice.
Next, a five-year AWS exec has taken a new job at the world’s largest public cloud computing provider. Find out who will be helping distributors and solution providers increase their AWS market share.
Finally, we end with a look at some former VMware channel heads now at Broadcom. Chipmaker Broadcom owns the virtualization vendor, which was making headway as a multicloud provider, and has essentially dismantled its acquiree’s channel program, leaving lingering questions around the fate of certain key execs. Those people include Ricky Cooper, Tracy-Ann Palmer and Tara Fine. We have at least one answer for you, and additional insight into the upheaval Broadcom has brought about with its VMware channel changes.
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