Brocade (BRCD) has hired Benson Schliesser as a distinguished engineer following his departure from Juniper Networks (JNPR) in the fall. With a long history of technical and engineering jobs at Juniper, Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Savvis, Schliesser is an influential person in the networking space, particularly when it comes to cloud and the growing […]
Juniper Networks (JNPR) has combined its global partner organization with its field marketing team to better serve its channel partners and amplify demand within the channel. Juniper Worldwide VP of Field Marketing Matt Hurley will take on the role of vice president for the newly formed Worldwide Partner Marketing group.
While his own job responsibilities […]
Tech Data (TECD) added to its executive lineup this week with the appointment of two industry veterans to its mobile and Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) divisions. The distributor has tapped former Brightstar president and COO Patrick M. Stokes as vice president of Tech Data Mobile Solutions and longtime CDW and PCM executive Maurice O. […]
Tintri has appointed former VMware (VMW) executive Andrew Lee as its latest executive vice president of Alliances, leading the virtualization and cloud environment storage provider’s strategic alliances and supporting new business development and corporate strategy initiatives.
“Andy joins Tintri at a time where the interest in the market working with us is at an all-time […]
Citrix (CTXS) has appointed IT industry veteran and former Symantec executive Brian Dye as the company’s latest group vice president and general manager of the company’s mobile platforms group. In his new role, Dye will be tasked with driving Citrix’s success in the highly competitive mobile device management and enterprise mobility management spheres while […]
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) partnering automation provider Relayware named John Benecke its new chief financial officer, where he will be responsible for overseeing the company’s finance, accounting and operations functions. As CFO, Benecke will also lead Relayware’s strategic business planning, M&A activities, IP protection and organizational performance.
During his career in the IT industry, Benecke has garnered […]
Technology integrator Carousel Industries has expanded its U.S. sales reach south and west and hired four new executives to push the company’s unified communications and collaboration platform solutions and services to midmarket and enterprise customers.
Chief among the appointments is Rhonda Wingate, Carousel’s new Collaboration president, who will oversee the company’s collaboration practice, including its […]
Absolute Software (ABT) welcomed former EMC executive Geoff Haydon as its new CEO last week, as the endpoint security company looks to stabilize its current leadership. Haydon, who also was named to the company’s Board of Directors, will be responsible for leading the company’s global business efforts.
“We are extremely pleased to have someone of […]
Among a slew of management changes, German software maker SAP (SAP) has promoted Rodolpho Cardenuto to head a new Global Partner Operations organization, tasking him with responsibility for SAP’s partner ecosystem both for cloud and on-premise software. Cardenuto previously led SAP’s Americas unit for the past year and a half.
“The formation of our new […]
As newly hired Red Hat (RHT) channel chief D. Robert Martin settles down into his new role at the billion dollar open source software company, channel partners are waiting to hear more about what he has in store for Red Hat’s channel partner program.
Red Hat April 1 announced it had hired Martin as its […]
