01732 759725 16 BULLETIN : PEOPLE NFON begins new chapter Integrated cloud business communications provider NFON, has named Andreas Wesselmann as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Chief Executive Officer Patrik Heider said: “Our journey as a leading European cloud telephony company is shaped by steady growth and great pioneering achievements. It is essential that our product portfolio and technological platform provide reliability, scalability and innovative strength for advanced cloud solutions. The new executive team headed by the CEO and CTO live and breathe this new spirit. NFON is experiencing an unprecedented mood of optimism!” www.nfon.com Driving partnerships in UK&I OptimiDoc has hired Richard Houghton as Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland. He will oversee relationships with OEMs and partners in the UK and Ireland, aiming to tailor solutions to the unique needs of these regions. The company says that Houghton was drawn to OptimiDoc’s adaptive products, which are continually evolving to meet market needs. The cohesive team environment sealed the deal, emphasising that OptimiDoc is a company with cutting-edge software matched by an exceptional team. His immediate goal at the company is to establish solid partnerships and collaborations within the UK and Ireland, driving the company’s market presence to new heights. https://optimidoc.com Growth leads to appointments A positive year of growth led to a number of strategic hires to support the business and customers by BIXOLON. The sales team has expanded to include Joanna Latkowska and Paris Kapenis for BIXOLON’s CEE territories (Central and Eastern Europe). Neil Baker joined the Northern European team and Jesus Lacalle joined the Southern European team. Jeremie Brocas joins the French team and Dominik Pratz forms part of the German team. In addition, Giulia Tassone has been added to BIXOLON’s marketing team, and Neil Sully and Omar Hassanein have joined the technical department. www.bixoloneu.com Former VMware President joins Proofpoint Sumit Dhawan has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at Proofpoint. Chief Financial Officer Rémi Thomas who has been acting as interim CEO since October 25 will continue to serve as the company’s CFO. In his most recent role as President of VMware, Dhawan was responsible for driving over $13B of revenue and led the company’s goto-market functions including worldwide sales, customer success and experience, strategic ecosystem, industry solutions, marketing, and communications. www.proofpoint.com Henley Executive adds to team Jim Varnish has joined the Henley Executive team as Managing Consultant. Varnish has spent many years developing and recruiting teams within the telecoms space. In his new role, he will help drive Managing Director Max Levenger’s vision for the company to build market strategy and expand into new markets that encompass his speciality in technology services across permanent and contract positions. Levenger said: “Jim has the knowledge and experience of the headaches that the recruitment discipline can bring. This will give our candidates and clients a different perspective compared to most recruiters in the market, and we hope, also add a different dimension to our clients recruitment experience and processes. His initial mission will be to utilise his extensive base within the telecoms space and explore how we can grow the executive search / headhunting to add value into this market.” https://henleyexecutive.co.uk Organisational structure change Patrick Zammit has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at TD SYNNEX, reporting to company CEO Rich Hume. In this new role, he will coordinate the company’s business strategy to drive profitable growth across all technologies, geographies and vendors, and to accelerate the adoption of new, high-growth technologies around the globe. Zammit has served at TD SYNNEX as President, Europe, since 2017, adding executive responsibility for Asia Pacific and Japan in 2021. With this organisational structure change, regional presidents in the Americas, Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) and Europe will now report into Zammit, along with the corporate functions responsible for global strategy and information technology. www.TDSYNNEX.com New hire at XBM Yorkshire-based XBM has appointed Mark Cranshaw to the post of National Service Manager to help further develop the company’s ‘customer first’ ethos. With over 30 years of hands-on technical and business experience in the ever-evolving office equipment industry, Cranshaw brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new role at XBM. A technical support specialist for Sharp MFD equipment, he oversaw day to day running of service support for more than 2,500 clients. www.xbmltd.com Andreas Wesselmann Mark Cranshaw Richard Houghton Sumit Dhawan Jim Varnish Max Levenger Patrick Zammit
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