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01732 759725 14 BULLETIN : PEOPLE Federal technology thought leader joins Cohesity Cohesity has announced that Steve Grewal, a veteran C-level technology executive who has worked for several federal agencies has joined the company to lead its public sector products and customer relationships. Grewal served as Deputy Chief Information Officer for the US General Services Administration (GSA) before taking on the new role of Chief Technology Officer, Federal and US East, at Cohesity. Leveraging his experience as a public sector change agent that has overseen many significant IT innovation projects, Grewal will expand Cohesity’s presence in the federal market. “Steve is a thought leader among C-level executives who has been setting the tone and pace for how government should approach technology at a macro level, and we’re very happy that he decided to join Cohesity,” said Mohit Aron, CEO and founder, Cohesity. www.cohesity.com KYOCERA names new president KYOCERA Document Solutions has appointed Takuya Marubayashi as President Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations. Under his leadership, the European headquarters will continue to deliver valuable products and services as the company drives its digital transformation and advances its efforts to be at the forefront of the document solutions industry. The EMEA region is leading the digital transformation of the company worldwide. The new president has a deep connection with the company, having worked for KYOCERA Corporation since 1999. Throughout his journey within the group, he has developed international experience in EMEA and Asia, with a series of high level management positions. www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.uk Integra welcomes new board member Kevin Foot, Managing Director of Essex based Cowans Group has been elected as a Non-Executive member of the Integra Board. Foot, who has many years of experience within the industry and will provide a wealth of knowledge from a dealer’s perspective to the group said: “I feel very privileged to have been appointed to the Integra board and look forward to joining the team. Despite challenging times within the industry this is an exciting time for Integra. I hope I can provide a valuable contribution over the coming months and look forward to the challenge.” www.integra-business.co.uk Equinix appoints new head of EMEA channel partner programme Oren Yehudai will be responsible for leading a 20-strong team and driving the growth of global data centre company Equinix’s EMEA channel partner programme. Commenting on his new role, Yehudai said: “Building a successful channel business will increasingly be dependent on being part of the right ecosystems, with industry players needing to work with partners that can connect them with a broad range of vendors, service providers and cloud companies. My hope is that in a few years, Equinix is recognised by the partner community as the place to achieve this.” www.equinix.co.uk Rowles named Prima UK & Ireland account manager Prima Software has announced the appointment of Oliver Rowles as UK and Ireland Account Manager. Head of Customer Services Steve Dennis, said: “It’s a great move for our customers to have Oliver as Prima’s UK & Ireland Account Manager. Oliver’s mission is to work more closely with our SupportPLUS customers and the wider customer base to enhance the overall customer experience, and I believe his ideas and energy are perfect to bring real value to the role.” www.primasoftware.co.uk VOW names new board Reaffirming its focus on putting resellers at the core of its business, VOW has appointed a new board. The new leadership team led by Managing Director Adrian Butler, comprises Lisa Hainsworth, Sales Operations Director; Andrew Stacey, Merchandising and Marketing Director; Martin Weedall, Operations Director; Thomas Barber, Commercial Director; Nikki Todd, Customer Experience Director and Cheryl Lamont, Managing Director of VOW’s Managed Services Division. www.voweurope.com Centiel expands sales team to drive UK growth Mike Elms has been appointed Sales and Marketing Director and Louis McGarry as Sales Manager. Elms who has 25 years’ experience in the UPS industry will now have overall responsibility for growing UK hardware and service sales while McGarry will look after regional hardware sales in the Southern region, including London. Prior to joining Centiel Elms has held a number of positions from technical support to sales management within the UPS industry and McGarry has over ten years’ experience as an area sales manager. www.centiel.co.uk Adrian Butler