Channel People on the Move: Lumen, Pax8, 8x8, Microsoft, More
This month's channel people on the move also features moves at Avant, Cato Networks, Commvault, Sangoma, TD Synnex and more.
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Lumen Technologies tapped Scott Eaton as its new senior director of partner management.
Based in Georgia, Eaton's long industry career includes roles as senior director of business development at TD Synnex and enterprise data sales manager at Verizon. He has also worked at MicroCorp and Cable & Wireless.
Robb Reck joined the Pax8 team as chief trust and security officer, tasked with advancing the security measures in the Pax8 cloud marketplace.
His last job was chief trust officer at Red Canary, a managed detection and response provider. He was CISO with Ping Identity before that, just another stop in his career of leading security operations for multiple enterprises in the financial services, banking and software sectors.
That's Michelle Paitich, the new channel leader at 8x8. She replaces Lisa Del Real, who left earlier in the year for Clio. Michael Quince held the role in the interim.
Paitich is a Salesforce and Twilio alum.
Find out more about what she'll be doing for the contact center and cloud communications provider.
Look for Igor Tsyganskiy, Microsoft's new chief information security officer, to make descisions that trickle down to the channel.
Tsyganskiy replaces Bret Arsenault, who held the position for 14 years. He's becoming chief security advisor.
Tsyganskiy is a first-time CISO. He joined Microsoft five months ago as chief strategy officer for security. He previously was head of investment technologies at Bridgewater Associates.
Read our full article on the appointment.
Personnel moves at NICE, the call center solutions provider, include, (left to right): Steve Infante, new VP of channel sales, CX Americas; Jill Mortensen, director of partner acceleration, promoted from senior partner executive; and Christine Mathey, senior partner executive, who joins the team from AT&T.
We wrote about Infante's move from UJET to NICE in this article.
Geoff Chretien is the new senior VP of channels at IntelePeer, the supplier of AI-powered communications automation solutions.
Chretien brings 25 years of experience to the role, with particular background in software as a service and contact center as a service thanks to career stops at Genesys, Likewise and NICE InContact.
Two new executive sales leaders call Igel, the managed endpoint operating system provider, home.
That's Mads Skalbo (left), VP of the company's global MSP business, and Eric Kline, VP of channel sales, EMEA. They are both former Citrix sales execs with decades of experience in the end-user computing and enterprise software market.
Scott Burman is the new head of advisory at Quorum Cyber, the cybersecurity company that's a Microsoft Solutions Partner and MISA member.
He has more than 25 years of experience in professional services and cybersecurity advisory services as a CISO, global cyber risk advisor and more.
Director of channel revenue operations: That's the new title for Niv Barzilay at Cato Networks, the secure access service edge (SASE) platform provider. It's a promotion for Barzilay, who calls Israel home.
The five-year company vet also once worked at Check Point, another Israel-based cyber company.
Based in Chicago, Jared Golden (left) is a new channel manager for Avant Communications, the tech services distributor. Maybe you know him from GoTo or Broadvoice.
Aaron Crotty is also new to Avant as a channel director, based in Portland, Oregon. His industry experience includes lengthy stints at Intelisys and AT&T.
Cyber resilience and data protection provider Commvault named a pair of leaders to advance channel efforts in Asia.
That's Jo Dean on the left, now area VP for channels and alliances, APAC. She is based in Australia, and will be responsible for spearheading the region's channel strategy. She spent 11 years at Citrix, also sporting experience from Avaya and Nortel.
Then there's Michel Borst, area VP for Asia. He is based in Singapore, and will work directly with customers and partners. He previously worked for Microsoft, Citrix, IBM and more.
Industry veteran Mike Estep is the new VP of communities at Blackpoint Cyber.
Estep has been active in the MSP community for 35 years. He will focus on continuing to grow programs that offer "elite content" to Blackpoint MSPs.
Estep was at BECA, an Atlanta-based IT services company, for 33 years, holding CEO and president titles.
e360, which calls itself a technology partner "committed to providing solutions that empower the modern workforce," named Rob Schaeffer president and chief revenue officer.
Schaeffer brings 30 years of strategic management experience in technology manufacturing and channel roles to the position.
He joins the team from domain expert integrator CBT, where he was president and COO. You might also know him from key channel roles at HPE.
IT service management company Net at Work turned to Nancy Teixeira as its new executive VP of corporate development.
This further advances Net at Work's Partner Alliance Program, the company said, which has grown to 300 partners.
Teixeira is an alumnus of Sage and Microsoft. She will oversee M&A and lend her expertise to expanding the company's partner program in her new role.
CDI (Computer Design & Integration), an IT provider and MSP, added Emmy Galet to its sales team, boosting its strategic push into Pittsburgh.
Galet has 10 years or experience in western Pennsylvania, distinguishing herself across commercial and enterprise businesses, as well as higher education, government and K-12 education verticals, CDI said.
She's a veteran of Dell EMC and VMware.
Accenture Federal Services named Brian Hobbs its new business development lead. His job is to drive sales, shape deals and manage proposals.
It's a shift in duties for Hobbs, who most recently held the same role for the company's national security portfolio. He came to Accenture through its acquisition of Novetta in 2021.
ControlUp, which bills itself as a digital employee experience (DEX) management provider, hired Steven Hua as chief marketing officer. The company expects him to "accelerate ControlUp's market adoption, worldwide, focusing on customer acquisition and revenue growth."
A seasoned marketer, Hua's previous employers include ReliaQuest, MobileIron, Centrify and more.
Claroty, the industrial network threat preventer, turned to Andrew Lintell as its new general manager of EMEA.
Bringing 20 years of experience to the role, Lintell has held key channel and sales roles at Firemon, Tufin, HID, Kaspersky, Microsoft and McAfee.
Jaime Zarate just took a new job as regional channel manager, based in Dallas, for AireSpring, the managed and connected cloud provider.
Fusion Connect and XO Communications are two of the more prominent stops in his 30-year career in the industry.
Rich Fisher is a new sales director at communications technology supplier BCN.
You know him from any number of stops on the telecom "circuit," including Nitel, Level 3 and Windstream.
Security company Zscaler named Christine McElduff its new VP of Americas partner sales.
McElduff spent 11-and-a-half years at Palo Alto Networks, most recently as senior director of the Americas channel organization there. She also has experience at Riverbed and Check Point.
RackWare, which sells hybrid cloud management solutions, launched a new program and promoted Colby Calonica to run it.
Calonica has been with RackWare for 15 months, most recently with a sales director title. You might also know him from HYCU, Alert Logic or Alienvault.
X4 Advisors, the IT and communications industry advisory firm, named a couple of well-known leaders to its team.
That's Matt Harty on the left. He most recently was a managing partner at AppDirect after selling tech services distributor CNSG to the subscription commerce solutions marketplace.
On the right, that's Layne Levine, former president of Windstream Enterprise and Wholesale. He also held similar positions at GTT and ITC Deltacom.
You're looking at Tim Pfaelzer, the new general manager and SVP of EMEA for Veeam Software, known for its data protection and ransomware recovery solutions. He is responsible for Veeam's business operations across all segments and markets in the region.
It's a promotion for Pfaelzer, who has been with the company since July 2021, most recently as VP, enterprise, EMEA.
Chelsye Wika-Portz (left) just earned a promotion at Sangoma, the communications-as-a-service company. Based in Los Angeles, she's going from senior account manager to regional channel manager. Wika-Portz has been with Sangoma for 15 months.
Just four months after stepping down as RingCentral CEO, Vlad Shmunis is back in a surprise move by the company.
Tarek Robbiati, who was in the role from August to early December, "mutually agreed" to separate and resign from the board of directors, the company said on Dec. 8. It was not a result of any disagreement, RingCentral said, so the real reason could remain a mystery.
Meantime, Shmunis, who is a company founder, takes the reins once again.
Learn more about this switcheroo.
Ryan Lindsay is the new VP of channel and midmarket sales at TruU, which offers a passwordless solution for the enterprise that is "powered by AI- and ML-based identity."
He most recently was director of channel sales, West, at Evolve IP, and also brings experience from Fusion Connect, Ericsson and others in the industry.
Mike Conlon stepped in as the new head of Americas channel at conferencing behemoth Zoom.
You know him from his role as VP of global strategic partner sales at RingCentral, where he spent the last four years. Other former employers include Mitel, Polycom, Tandberg and more.
Patrick Zammit is the new chief operating officer at distribution giant TD Synnex. His job will be to coordinate the company's business strategy to drive profit across all technologies, regions and vendors.
It's a promotion for Zammit, who has been the distributor's president for Europe since 2017, adding executive responsibility for Asia Pacific and Japan in 2021.
Business communications giant Windstream named Joe Scattareggia (left) president of wholesale and Mike Flannery acting president of Windstream Enterprise. Both previously were chief revenue officers of their respective business units.
Scattareggia is a 10-year veteran of the company. Flannery has been there six years, and also has experience at EarthLink, Global Crossing and Xerox.
Read more about what's happening at Windstream.
Monica Kumar is the new executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Extreme Networks, the provider of cloud services and networking solutions.
She has extensive cloud computing knowledge, most recently having been the CMO at Hitachi Vantara. She was also SVP of marketing and cloud go-to-market at Nutanix and was in a variety of marketing roles at Oracle in 20 years there.
Monica Kumar is the new executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Extreme Networks, the provider of cloud services and networking solutions.
She has extensive cloud computing knowledge, most recently having been the CMO at Hitachi Vantara. She was also SVP of marketing and cloud go-to-market at Nutanix and was in a variety of marketing roles at Oracle in 20 years there.
Channel Futures' popular monthly feature, Channel People on the Move, returns in 2024 with more than three-dozen new hires and promotions announced in December. There's no slowing down in the channel!
They range from channel managers all the way up to CEOs who will make important decisions impacting partners.
Take 8x8, for instance, which named a new channel leader in Michelle Paitich. Microsoft named a new CISO, an ever-important role as cyber threats continue to escalate.
Pax8 has a Rob Rae; now the cloud marketplace has a Robb Reck.
RingCentral got a new CEO — same as the old CEO (a move that would make The Who proud).
Veeam, Commvault, Avant Communications, NICE and Sangoma are just a few more of the companies that made noteworthy hires we feature in the slideshow above.
If you don't want to wait for our monthly recaps, you can see some of the top Channel People on the Move here 24/7.
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