technologyreseller.co.uk 39 PEOPLE continued... Blake Bower IBM UK Marika Auramo Vodafone Business IBM hires public sector expert IBM UK has appointed Blake Bower as Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs with responsibility for developing public policy strategies and supporting the company’s public sector business in the UK. Bower was previously Executive Director of the Digital Economy Unit at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT). In his new role, Bower will engage with Ministers and government officials, and manage relationships with UK trade associations and other external stakeholders. .... New CEO for Vodafone Business Vodafone has appointed Marika Auramo as CEO of Vodafone Business, with effect from 1 July 2024, when she will also become a member of the Vodafone Executive Committee. She replaces interim CEO Giorgio Migliarina. People Auramo joins Vodafone Business from SAP, where she has held a variety of leadership roles since joining the company in 1999, most recently that of Chief Business Officer for EMEA, responsible for 14,000 employees and SAP’s go-to-market strategy in 89 countries. www.vodafone.com .... New enterprise role for ANS’s Josie Rickerd Digital transformation company ANS has appointed Josie Rickerd as its Director of Enterprise Account Management with responsibility for developing relationships with enterprise customers and supporting them on their digital transformation journey. Rickerd, who joined ANS in 2012, said: “I’m looking forward to collaborating closely with our clients, acting as an extension of their team, and helping them use technology to achieve their goals and succeed as a business. This role sits at the heart of the business, allowing me to work closely with different departments across ANS and giving me a holistic perspective of what we can do to ensure our clients’ success.” Owning and operating five IL3accredited data centres in Manchester, ANS provides public and private cloud, security, business applications, low code and data services to thousands of commercial and public sector customers. Its technology partners include Microsoft, AWS, VMWare, Citrix, HPE, Dell, Commvault and Cisco. https://www.ans.co.uk/ .... InterSystems appoints UK&I Country Manager Colin Henderson has been appointed Country Manager for InterSystems in the UK and Ireland, following the retirement of Chris Norton, who had led the UKI business as Managing Director since 2019. Henderson joins InterSystems from the Dedalus Group, where he was Managing Director UK & Ireland. Before that he held leadership positions at DXC Technology, Orion Health and IBM Global Services across the UK, Ireland, Israel, Middle East and Africa. InterSystems is a provider of nextgeneration, cloud-first solutions for enterprise digital transformation in the healthcare, finance, manufacturing and supply chain sectors. Evolve IP boosts account management team Cloud collaboration provider Evolve IP has strengthened its account management team with the appointment of Josh Dolman as a Partner Account Manager supporting resellers south of Birmingham. He will be responsible for providing partners with dedicated day-to-day support to help make the Evolve IP suite of whitelabel ‘best-of-breed’ UCaaS and CCaaS solutions their preferred choice. With a UK HQ in Cardiff, Evolve IP specialises in securely integrating unified communications, collaboration tools, voice and omnichannel contact centre solutions into the cloud. .... Four new faces at incovo Scottish managed IT, connectivity and cyber security services provider incovo has added four faces to its expanding team. These are Technical IT Director Iain Bissett, who has 35 years’ experience in technology, including senior roles at Tesco Bank and RBS; two Senior IT Technicians, Matthew Bell and Pete Roman, with 7 and 15 years’ experience respectively; and Harold Ogiemwense who is joining incovo as an apprentice IT Technician. www.incovo.com .... iProov appoints Chief Product Officer Biometric identity solutions specialist iProov has hired Peter James to lead the company’s product strategy and development. His appointment as Chief Product Officer allows Joe Palmer, who has held the combined role of Chief Product and Innovation Officer since 2022, to focus on the company’s innovation portfolio as Chief Innovation Officer. James’ recruitment from Digimarc, where he was VP of Product Strategy, coincides with the launch of the iProov Biometric Solutions Suite of biometric solutions for remote onboarding and biometric authentication including liveness detection, which can help counter the threat of generative AI and deepfakes. Goldilock adopts channel-only sales model Goldilock, the British cybersecurity startup behind a unique physical network isolation solution, has appointed Steven Brodie as Head of Sales and Channel to lead the company’s transition to a channel-only sales model as it seeks to accelerate and expand its market penetration across numerous industry sectors. A channel-based approach will allow Goldilock to tap into the networks and expertise of channel partners, helping it to scale and ensuring customers in different verticals receive the tailored support they need. Partners benefit from a solution that complements existing technologies like firewalls, routers and switches. Brodie, who has extensive experience in building sales channels for industry giants like Cisco, HPE, Dell and Juniper, said: “We’ve been working with distributors and resellers for some time now, and we’re actively recruiting more partners to join our growing network. The channel is the most effective way for Goldilock to deliver its solutions to a wider audience.” Steven Brodie Iain Bissett, Pete Roman, Matthew Bell
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