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01732 759725 16 BULLETIN : PEOPLE Strategic hires at Nutanix Nutanix has announced a number of organisational changes to its senior leadership team across EMEA. Sammy Zoghlami will resume his role as Senior Vice President of Sales for the EMEA region. In his role, Zoghlami will continue to lead sales and customer support, strategic business development and strategy, management of Nutanix’s offices and operational teams in each EMEA country, as well as the company’s partnerships, alliances and channel activities. Andrew Brinded will transition to the role of Worldwide Sales Chief Operating Officer, a role previously held by Dave Gwyn before his move to SVP of Global Customer Success and Inside Sales. In this role, Brinded will be responsible for advancing Nutanix’s strategic agenda, driving the implementation of its major initiatives and overseeing administrative and operational activities in support of organisational priorities. www.nutanix.com Howard joins Data Direct Data Direct has appointed Peter Howard as Business Development Manager. An industry stalwart with over 30 years’ experience, Howard joins Data Direct from Konica Minolta where he was an Account Manager for 15 years. Sales Director Marianne Chamberlain, said: “Peter is another excellent addition to our team and further strengthens the support we give our dealer customer base. As businesses return to close-to-normal operations, Data Direct is here to help our partners deliver multiple solutions in optimising productivity in the office or even working from home. Peter further reinforces our commitment to every stage of the chain.” www.data-direct.co.uk Zen expands executive team Zen Internet has announced a series of internal and external appointments to expand and strengthen its executive team. This comes as the company continues to roll out its five-year strategic plan. The expansion of the executive team sees existing employees Dave Barber and Paul Sinclair promoted to the newly created roles of Portfolio Management Director and Marketing Director respectively. Dean Burdon has also assumed the new position of Customer Experience Director to oversee all of its operational activity across provisioning, onboarding, technical support, customer service and customer engineering. Steve Warburton, currently executive committee member and MD of Zen’s partner division, will take on additional responsibility as MD for Zen Retail. www.zen.co.uk Apogee enlists former Royal Marine Apogee is working alongside former Royal Marines Commando Barry ‘Baz’ Gray, as part of its sales development programme. With a wealth of experience in high pressure situations, Gray served for 26 years, stationed across various countries, he is hoping to bring a fresh perspective to Apogee. He will be working directly with sales teams across the UK, aiming to increase productivity and staff wellbeing through individual resilience, coaching and team management training. www.apogeecorp.com Sharp NEC appoints new BDM Sharp NEC Display Solutions has welcomed Ross Burling as Business Development Manager for the UK and Ireland, working closely with channel and end-user sales teams to support the rapid growth of Sharp/NEC’s dvLED business. As a self-professed AV industry veteran, Burling brings 22 years of experience working in the LED business, most recently with Concept Sign and Display, a UK based LED systems integrator. He has been instrumental in key LED display projects for all the leading UK digital- out-of-home companies, and major installations across retail, leisure and entertainment, corporate, transportation and sports stadia. www.sharpnecdisplays.eu Neuways’ recruitment drive Derby-based Neuways has added several members of staff to its established team of IT experts as it expands its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) offering to customers. The IT firm has increased its ERP team by 120% over the last three months to ensure a wealth of new customers receive the company’s usual excellent customer service and expertise. Successful remote working procedures have enabled the business to take on experts from around the globe, which has allowed customers to benefit from the specialist guidance. This investment in ERP specialists reflects the wider expansion experienced at Neuways this year, as the MSP has seen its workforce in other areas of the business rise by 10%. www.neuways.com LogMeIn names new global VP of channel sales LogMeIn has named Okta channel veteran, Patrick McCue, as its new Global Vice President of Channel Sales. McCue will be responsible for leading the company’s high-growth strategy for channel sales and fostering relationships with key partners. With over 15 years of channel leadership experience across the software industry, McCue brings a wealth of knowledge about partner ecosystems and customer relationship management to his new role. www.logmein.com Exertis promotion Exertis has promoted SamWilliams to Director of Sales – B2B. Williams has been with Exertis for 15 years and has been instrumental in building high-performance teams across the business. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role, having spent four successful years in B2B and ten years in retail. Most recently, he has been the Director of Sales (Accessories & Own Brand) for the last 18 months. Based in Exertis’ Basingstoke office, Williams will report into Mike Buley, Chief Sales Officer. www.exertis.co.uk Sammy Zoghlami Andrew Brinded Peter Howard Ross Burling