PrintIT Reseller - issue 49

01732 759725 14 BULLETIN Spitfire makes two board- level appointments Spitfire Network Services Ltd has promoted two senior managers to the board. The move is designed to strengthen the £25 million annual turnover company’s senior management team. Dominic Norton has been promoted to Engineering Solutions Director managing the direct sales teams and Nick Goodenough is now Partner Service Director heading Spitfire’s Partner Service team. www.spitfire.co.uk Blackbox Solutions expands IT division After launching its IT division just a year and a half ago, Blackbox Solutions is enjoying continued success and has hired experienced IT consultant Martin Norton, to cope with the high demand for IT solutions. Norton spent 25 years as a Technical Analyst at HSBC where his duties included leading the IT team, providing technical support to HSBC's trading floor and managing a team of network engineers. At Blackbox, he will be responsible for installing hardware and software as well as offering onsite and remote customer support and brings with him valuable industry qualifications including being a Certified Network Cable Technician. To oversee the smooth running of the IT department, James August has been promoted to Senior IT Administrator. Managing Director Colin Griffin said: “We are steadily growing our information technology department which mirrors the healthy demand for our IT offer. We have a number of services including cloud-based solutions, VoIP telecommunications and data storage, so it was important we have the right team in place to deliver for our customers.” www.blackbox-solutions.co.uk New CRO role at ECi Sam Miller has joined ECi Software Solutions as Chief Revenue Officer. Miller will direct ECi’s worldwide sales and marketing teams from its Fort Worth headquarters, as well as generate new processes, ideas and strategies for the company’s continued organic growth. Carrying on the company’s practice of building strong customer relationships, Miller will focus on providing the best solutions to meet customers’ needs to help them reach their goals, grow their businesses and drive their profits. www.ECiSolutions.com Cohesity creates new role to accelerate company growth Cohesity has hired Lynn Lucas as its inaugural Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with a brief to oversee global marketing and continue to drive customer adoption and brand awareness as the company expands across the US and international markets. The appointment follows a breakthrough year of milestone achievements, including a 600 per cent year-over-year increase in revenue. Lucas will lead the global marketing team to drive customer experience, accelerate the adoption of Cohesity’s solutions, and advocate for the hyperconverged secondary storage market, which has an estimated $60 billion total addressable market. She brings more than 25 years of tech sector marketing experience and most recently served as CMO for Veritas Technologies, where she led its new branding and successful repositioning as a multi-cloud data management company following the company’s separation from Symantec. Prior to Veritas, she held the CMO position at Good Technology. Previously she was VP of Collaboration Solutions Marketing for Cisco Systems. www.cohesity.com Pinnacle hires new Group Sales Director Kevin Thomas joins Pinnacle Document Solutions Group following a 35-year long career, where he has built up a wealth of knowledge holding senior Sales Director positions in large corporates such as Bunzl and McLays. More recently he owned and managed his own business in South Wales. Owner and CEO, Clive Hamilton said: “Over the past three years the Group has enjoyed substantial growth in turnover and sales capacity. Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of document management and managed document services to our company. His appointment gives us a significant boost in the areas of sales management, sales recruitment and territory optimisation.” www.pinnaclecos.co.uk Management changes at Midwich Mark Lowe has been named Managing Director of Midwich group subsidiary Midwich Limited, and Lee Baker has become the company’s Commercial Director. Stuart Mizon has moved to the Midwich group office as Director of Strategic Development. Formerly Chief Operating Officer of Midwich Limited, Lowe has replaced Stephen Fenby to allow him to focus on his role as Group Managing Director. Baker’s new role as Commercial Director will see him assume full responsibility for business management at the company. Mizon joins the head office function to lead the group’s strategic development programme. This role will involve supporting group management in the development of existing and new strategic business. www.midwich.com Panasonic appoints new MD Ahead of the company celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2018, Panasonic has appointed Simon Grantham as its new Managing Director for UK and Ireland. Grantham joins from domestic appliances manufacturer Miele, where he has led a successful period of growth for the business over the last 12 years as Managing Director for the UK and Ireland business. www.panasonic.co.uk Dominic Norton (l) and Nick Goodenough have joined the board of Spitfire Network Services Martin Norton Lynn Lucas