technologyreseller.co.uk 43 PEOPLE John Witty, Comms365 Wayne Parkes, Coeus Software Dominic Cameron, CovertSwarm Marcus Mueller Aqua Security Gavin Bounds, NSC Andy Simpson-Pirie, S-RM Aqua Security strengthens EMEA team Aqua Security, a pure-play cloud native security provider, is expanding its presence in EMEA with the appointment of Marcus Mueller as VP of EMEA Sales. Prior to joining Aqua, Mueller served as Senior Vice President of International Sales at Onapsis and before that at cloud and security organisations OneLogin, CipherCloud and Jive. Based in Germany, Mueller will work with Chief Revenue Officer Chris Smith to drive strategic growth in the EMEA region. Smith said: “Our customer base in Europe is growing rapidly and we are excited to have Marcus at the helm of our EMEA operations. His proven track record and experience will be hugely beneficial for the business.” www.aquasec.com Dominic Cameron new Chair of CovertSwarm Global ethical hacking and cyber security provider CovertSwarm has appointed former ITV.com MD Dominic Cameron as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board. Cameron has more than three decades of C-level experience at digital and technology businesses including the BBC, ITV, Moonpig, PhotoBox and lastminute.com, where he was Chief Technology Officer. Based in Holborn, London, CovertSwarm’s red team of penetration testers relentlessly tests the physical, social and digital security of organisations across multiple sectors. NSC adds expertise with senior hires NSC, the world’s largest independently owned IT services company, is continuing to bolster its expertise with a number of senior hires. Following last year’s appointment of Alex Tatham as Global Head of Clients and Marketing, it has appointed ex-Fujitsu COO Gavin Bounds as Chief Operating Officer to lead NSC’s global delivery teams; Keith Whitehead as Head of Logistics with responsibility for providing end-to-end services for the entire technology asset lifecycle; Jon Francis as Vendor Alliance & Marketing Director to assist Tatham in establishing NSC as the partner of choice for global enterprise services and technology sourcing; and Derek Watkins as EMEA Sales Director to drive NSC sales across EMEA. www.nscglobal.com Police IT pioneer Wayne Parkes joins Coeus Software Coeus Software, a developer of mobile solutions for frontline workers including PoliceBox, a cloud-first digital mobility platform built for policing, has appointed Wayne Parkes as business development consultant. A 30-year veteran of police IT, Parkes has an impressive track record in delivering digital transformation into policing. He was Chief Digital Data and Technology Officer for the Police Digital Service and, as Program Director for the National Enabling Programmes (NEP) from 2018-2022, led an £80M+ national police transformation programme based on a blueprinted M365 platform, Identity Access Management suite and the first cyber security operations centre for policing. The NEP is now cited by the NPCC as best practice for Police and Home Office programmes. As chair of the National Police Technology Council, Parkes also led the development of the UK’s first National Policing Digital Strategy 2020-2030. Simon Hall, CEO of Coeus Software, said: “Wayne’s ability to succeed where others have failed, particularly when it comes to delivering nationwide business and technology transformation of policing, will be a real asset to Coeus and, by extension, frontline officers who will now have a much better chance of seeing innovative tools in their hands sooner rather than later.” Channel veteran John Whitty joins Comms365 IT Services and Channel veteran John Whitty has joined the board of network services company Comms365 to foster deeper relationships with new and existing partners. Whitty’s ICT experience goes back to the ‘80s, when he was a member of The Royal Corps of Signals for nearly two decades, before moving into the private sector as CTO of Pipex Communications. He has since held leadership roles at Kabel-X, GCI Com and Solar Communications (as CEO, MD and CEO respectively). More recently, he was CEO of Air IT before being invited to become Chairman of Gradwell Communications in July 2022. S-RM appoints new CTIO London-based global intelligence and cyber security consultancy S-RM has appointed Andy Simpson-Pirie as its new Chief Technology & Information Officer. Simpson-Pirie was previously Chief Technology Officer at cyber consulting and ultra-secure hosting specialist Cyberfort Group and before that was in charge of technology and cyber security at LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, and CTO for Zurich Insurance. In his new role, Simpson-Pirie will head up S-RM’s Technology, Digital, Information Security and Data teams and lead the digital strategies for S-RM’s Cyber and Corporate Intelligence departments, working with these teams across their software, IT and cybersecurity systems. New Head of Global Sales for Axcient Axcient, a leader in business availability software for Managed Service Providers, has promoted Tim Sheahen to Senior Vice President (SVP) of Global Sales with responsibility for worldwide sales and sales operations, business development strategies and distribution relationships. Axcient x360 empowers MSPs to Protect Everything by combining SaaS Backup, BCDR and secure File Sync & Share into one platform and experience. www.axcient.com New GTM role for Zerto’s Boris Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company specialising in the protection, recovery and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications, has promoted Matt Boris to Vice President of Global Go-toMarket as it aims to double in size over the next 24 months. Previously leader of Zerto sales in the Americas and Asia, Boris will focus on maximising growth opportunities by expanding into new markets and increasing Zerto’s presence in EMEA and APAC, including Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Boris will also focus on unifying the company’s GTM strategy with Managed Service Providers (MSP) and channel partners and extending its reach into GSIs through strategic alliances with Deloitte, HCL Tech, TCS and Wipro. Mansell takes over as Telcoswitch CEO Unified communications challenger brand TelcoSwitch has appointed Matt Mansell as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mansell takes over from former CEO Russell Lux, who founded the company in 2015 and was at the helm when Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) invested in the company in 2022. Mansell brings a wealth of experience to the role. After starting at Adobe, on its Dreamweaver product, he served as Founder and CEO of the fastest growing European domain registrar, Host Europe, which was acquired by Go Daddy in 2012. After that, he spent almost three years representing the European Go Daddy board before founding Yay.com, a SaaS unified communications business. Yay.com, like Telcoswitch, was acquired by QPE in 2022. Tim Sheahen
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