01732 759725 14 Mike Faiers takes on new role at Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) has appointed Mike Faiers as Chief Operations Officer. Faiers joined the company in 2021 as its Chief Technology Officer to drive innovation and deliver solutions and services to meet the current and future workplace challenges of its customers. Assuming the new role of Chief Operations Officer, his remit is to develop and refine processes and procedures that position Konica Minolta even closer to its customer, to provide them with the solutions, care and support they need throughout every stage of their journey. During his tenure as Chief Technology Officer, Faiers led a team that helped to consolidate Konica Minolta’s reputation as a supplier of innovative digital technologies that are transforming operations in SMB office environments as well as professional print rooms. In his new role, he will build on his time spent working across every facet of the business, to optimise operations including service and support, logistics, and the wider supply chain. Faiers said: “Our success is defined by the satisfaction of our customers. Having one best-in-class team responsible for overseeing and fulfilling our commitments to them, ensures we optimise our service delivery, identify opportunities to develop our portfolio and build long-term loyalty, rooted in trust, competence and consistently delivering on every promise we make.” www.konicaminolta.co.uk Nutanix appoints UK&I channel director Chris Pickerill has been hired as Nutanix UK&I Channel Director, with responsibility for leading the company’s UK&I channel organisation, enhancing partner engagement, driving revenue initiatives, and supporting a robust channel ecosystem that results in strong selling capabilities for partners. Additionally, he will play a key role in driving channel focused initiatives, such as Nutanix Elevate Partner Program, which is centred on sales, technical and services certifications, and building partner competencies on Nutanix solutions. Commenting on his appointment, Pickerill said: “Nutanix’s leadership in hybrid multicloud and strong cloud-native capabilities alongside its focus on driving true business value for customers and partners alike make it a highly desirable organisation to join. That’s one of the reasons I am excited to be part of this dynamic and successful organisation, and I can’t wait to get engaged with the business and our channel partners. They are the bedrock of Nutanix’s success and I look forward to driving partner-initiated revenue growth and aiming to enhance overall revenue streams in the region.” Pickerill joins Nutanix from his position as North EMEA Partner Director at SentinelOne where he ran the UKI & Northern European Channel, having previously led sales and channel teams with VMware, Splunk and NetApp over the past 20 years. www.nutanix.com BULLETIN : PEOPLE New sales leader at Aurora Paul Rylands has joined Aurora as Group Sales Director. Rylands has over 25 years’ senior-level experience leading national sales channels to achieve significant growth and increased market share in the workplace technology industry. Prior to joining Aurora, he held directorship roles at several major managed service organisations, developing and growing salesforces across the corporate, SME and public sectors. CEO Martin Oxley said: “I’m delighted to have Paul joining the Aurora board to lead our sales operations. Paul is such an experienced and inspirational sales leader; he understands exactly what organisations in the public and private sectors need from a managed service partner and he brings a huge degree of professionalism and expertise which will inspire the salesforce at Aurora. He’s an exciting addition to the leadership team; I am looking forward to working alongside Paul to take Aurora to the next level.” www.aurora.co.uk New hire at Vasion Vasion has named Bob Pritchard as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Pritchard has a distinguished career in technology leadership spanning over three decades and joins the company from M-Files, where he successfully served as Chief Revenue Officer. “We are excited to welcome Bob to the team,” said CEO Ryan Wedig. “His deep expertise in the technology automation industry, coupled with his proven ability to build and lead successful revenue teams, will be invaluable as we continue to expand our market reach and deliver exceptional value to our customers.” https://vasion.com Bob Pritchard Mike Faiers Chris Pickerill
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