technologyreseller.co.uk 47 PEOPLE success in the unified collaboration space. He has also worked for some of the leading names in our markets and we’re all looking forward to him bringing that experience to bear on his role at DisplayNote as, with the launch of Omni, we enter an important new phase in the company’s development.” Churchill to lead n2s sales push Technology Lifecycle Management and IT recycling provider n2s is looking to extend its partner network and deepen existing customer relationships with the appointment of Richard Churchill as Sales Director. Churchill has 20 years’ tech sector experience, including senior roles at Dell, IBM and Oracle. With headquarters in Bury St Edmunds and facilities/offices in Reading, Mansfield, London and Cambridge, n2s refurbishes, remarkets and recycles around 250,000 IT devices and components every year, including mobile and workplace IT and data centre, network and telecoms equipment. www.n2s.co.uk ManageEngine builds on UK investment with UK Country Head Following the opening of its ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centre facilities in London and Manchester, ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, has revealed Shankar Haridas as its UK Country Head. The UK is ManageEngine’s second largest market. As Country Head, Haridas, who joined ManageEngine 15 years ago as an executive sales person, will be responsible for managing the enterprise specialist’s existing customer base and growing its market share. Rajesh Ganesan, President of ManageEngine, said: “We are thrilled to be appointing Shankar to country head for the UK, marking our ongoing investment into this important region. The UK carries considerable weight for ManageEngine and we believe there is a growing appetite for the integrated enterprise IT solutions we can offer.” manageengine.com TD SYNNEX return for Haywood-Atkinson TD SYNNEX UK and Ireland is strengthening its focus on services with the re-hiring of Sophia Haywood-Atkinson as Business Unit Director, Services. For the last 18 months HaywoodAtkinson has been working for a wellknown vendor, before which she was employed as Head of Tech-as-a-Service B2C and trade-in services UK&I at TD SYNNEX. In her new role, she will be responsible for managing the services team and growing the distributor’s services portfolio. TD SYNNEX offers a range of services that partners can offer to their customers on a partnership or white-label basis. These include pre-shipment installation and testing, software maintenance and support and Tech-as-a-Service and Trade-in offerings. James Reed, Director of Endpoint Solutions, UK and Ireland at TD SYNNEX, said: “Services are an important element of every partner’s business today and this is an area in which there is significant potential for growth. We are placing increased focus and making strong investments in developing our services capability and, with her experience at both distributor and vendor level, Sophia brings a fresh perspective and insight to this key role.” www.TDSYNNEX.com Brown moves from Promethean to Optoma Optoma, the No.1 4K UHD and DLP brand worldwide, according to PMA Research, has appointed Benjamin Brown as its new Territory Manager for the UK & Ireland. Previously Head of Strategic Relationships and Market Development for the UK and Ireland at Promethean, Brown has over 22 years’ experience working for leaders in the IT and AV Channels including Misco, HP, XMA and Samsung. Nick Price, Executive Sales Director at Optoma, said: “We are delighted to welcome Benjamin, who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our UK team. It’s an exciting time at Optoma right now with new innovative product solutions across the business, education, professional installation and home entertainment markets. We look forward to Brown’s contribution to our continued growth.” www.optoma.com STX Next targets UK expansion STX Next, a Polish IT services and consulting company specialising in creating digital solutions in the Python programming language, has appointed Matthew Ziff as UK Managing Director. Ziff joined STX Next in September 2022, following two years as Global Head of Sales at GlobalData. As UK Managing Director, he will be responsible for overseeing operations, developing new business opportunities and expanding STX Next’s customer base and market share in the UK. Ziff said: “STX Next has built a reputation for excellence in its native Poland, so I’m really excited to see what the coming months hold for the UK team as we continue our expansion. We’re confident that we can replicate the successes STX Next has already achieved elsewhere in Europe. “This is a challenging period for UK businesses, but with the right approaches to technology investment, companies can not just survive, but thrive. Digital transformation is a valuable tool in times of uncertainty, and by offering our expertise we can ensure clients present themselves in a way that attracts and retains customers.” https://www.stxnext.com/ Gigamon appoints first field evangelist for EMEA Gigamon has put the finishing touches to its EMEA leadership team with the appointment of Mark Jow as it first EMEA field evangelist. Joining the ‘OneGigamon’ team as EMEA Sales Engineering leader and technical evangelist, Jow has 30+ years’ experience in services and solution engineering, including senior technical leadership positions at Oracle, EMC, Veritas and Commvault. In his new role, he aims to raise awareness of how deep observability can help reduce cloud costs and infrastructure complexity, whilst improving organisations’ overall security posture. New CMO for Access Group The Access Group, a provider of business management software to mid-market organisations in the UK, Ireland, US and Asia Pacific, has appointed Teté Soto as Chief Marketing Officer, following the retirement of her predecessor Gursaran Marjara, who has become a NonExecutive Director for the company. Soto holds an MBA from INSEAD and has significant management experience in the IT sector, including senior roles at O2, including Customer Marketing Director, General Manager of Online and Multichannel and Transformation Director, and most recently the CEO position at cloud-based technology platform Amigo Technology. www.theaccessgroup.com Benjamin Brown Optoma Sophie HaywoodAtkinson TD SYNNEX Mark Jow Gigamon Teté Soto Access Group Matthew Ziff STX Next
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