INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS - Key Persons


Ahmed Auda

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director for the MENA
Ahmed Auda joins VMware to manage MENA region Ahmed Auda has been appointed as VMWare's Managing Director for the MENA region. Auda will be responsible for implementing and driving VMware's transformation across the Middle East and North Africa, working closely with VMware's regional teams to accelerate growth across software-defined data centre, end-user computing and hybrid cloud market segments. Based in Dubai, he will report […]

Andy Hill

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief
Based in London, Andy Hill has been VP EMEA Sales at Komprise since May 2018. He brings over 20 years of experience in leading EMEA sales, channels and business development. Most recently, Andy was VP Sales, EMEA for Nexsan where he was responsible for planning, strategy and execution of its EMEA sales, partner and channel strategies. […]

Anton Jacobsz

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Value - Added Distributor Networks Unlimited Africa
  • Channel Chief
For Anton Jacobsz, CEO of value-added distributor Networks Unlimited Africa, being results-driven drives him on and believes that good leadership and maturity run hand in hand. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? My marriage to my wife of 25 years and our wonderful children.

Babatunde Abagun

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief
  • Channel Sales Manager, West, East
Babatunde Abagun, Channel Sales Manager, West, East and Central Africa at Nutanix, a global provider of hybrid multi-cloud computing solutions. Abagun talks about his current job role and how Nutanix is recruiting partners, working with the channel and developing it business across the African continent. Describe your current job role and the parts that are […]

Barrie Green

Job Titles:
  • Regional Vice President for UKI and Middle East at Appian
  • Regional Vice President of UKI
Barrie Green, Regional Vice President of UKI and Middle East at Appian, discusses the key to understanding and implementing process automation. He explains some key issues and challenges that can be addressed with process automation and tells us how Appian is helping organisations to address these challenges through its platform. What are the key issues […]

Cesar Cernuda - President

Job Titles:
  • President
NetApp, a leader in cloud data services, has announced the appointment of Cesar Cernuda as President of NetApp, reporting to CEO, George Kurian, effective in July. He will lead NetApp's global go-to-market operations spanning sales, marketing, services and support. Cernuda joins NetApp from Microsoft, where he was President of Microsoft Latin America and Corporate Vice

Claire Jones

Job Titles:
  • Director of Partner Sales for Middle East and Africa at Juniper Networks
Claire Jones is presently, Director of Partner Sales for Middle East and Africa at Juniper Networks, a position she has held since late 2015. Claire has been involved in IT sales, channel strategies and business development for most of her career and has been aligned with vendor channel expansion where her skills are best utilised. […]

Comba Telecom

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
Comba Telecom Systems is expanding its business footprint in the Middle East and North Africa, in response to the region's growing network coverage and capacity needs. The solution provider has appointed a new General Manager for the MENA region. Dr Hazim Al-Rawi will manage and provide strategic direction to Comba's regional business across all products,

Craig Bumpus

Qumulo, a leading provider of hybrid cloud file data services, has announced the appointment of Craig Bumpus as the company's Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this newly created role, Bumpus will be responsible for accelerating Qumulo's rapid revenue growth, driving adoption of Qumulo as a data platform in both public and private clouds and scaling […]

Damian Wilk

Job Titles:
  • New Senior Regional Director for the Middle East
  • Senior Regional Director
Veritas announced the appointment of Damian Wilk as the new Senior Regional Director for the Middle East, based at the regional head office in Dubai, UAE. In his new role, Wilk will head the new leadership team and is responsible for the strategic development of the business in the Middle East, where the company aims

Dave Funnell

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Deep Dive

Job Titles:
  • Barrie Green, Regional Vice President UKI Broad Markets and Middle East at Appian
Digital Transformation is a costly challenge In this interview, Barrie Green, Regional Vice President for UKI and Middle East at Appian talks about process automation. Although today's fast-paced business environment demands digital transformation (DT), the reality is that a large proportion of DT initiatives fall short of their goals. Harvard Business Review reports that a

Dr Hayan Sayed

Al-Futtaim announced appointment of Dr Hayan Sayed as Chief Executive Officer of Al-Futtaim Engineering and Technologies. Part of Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate, Al-Futtaim Engineering is a multi-disciplinary engineering organisation operating across UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia with over 30 years of successful operations. Al-Futtaim Technologies is a leading Converged Systems Integrator and provides complete business

Feras Masoud

Job Titles:
  • Regional Channel Manager

Graham Porter

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief
  • Head of Channels, Middle East, Veeam
Graham Porter, Head of Channels, Middle East, Veeam, has enjoyed a successful career working with some of the biggest names in the IT sector before taking on the challenge of his current position with Intelligent Data Management company Veeam. Here we talk about his current job role, memorable achievements and managerial style. Describe your current job […]

Hydar Al Ammar

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief
  • Senior Director, Strategic Alliances APJ
Hydar Al Ammar, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances APJ at Seismic, a US headquartered company that helps marketing and sales teams fulfill their promise to drive revenue together. Al Ammar's management philosophy focuses on building trust and taking great pride in maintaining transparency with colleagues and channel partners. He explains to us how Seismic is growing […]

James Parker

Job Titles:
  • President of Global Sales by Tata Communications
Tata Communications announced the appointment of James Parker as President of Global Sales. Parker is responsible for leading the company's global sales organisation across all customer segments. Parker has an impressive track record in driving business transformation within the software and telecommunications industries across both developed and emerging markets. His leadership career has spanned sales, […]

Jamie Akhtar

Job Titles:
  • CEO and Co - Founder of CyberSmart

Jim Holland

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director - Africa, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group
Jim Holland, Regional Director - Africa, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group, is a Chinese multinational technology company headquartered in Beijing. The Lenovo Group designs, develops, manufactures and sells personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, workstations, servers, supercomputers, electronic storage devices and IT management software. Holland describes his management attitude as one that empowers and supports his people

Karen Anderson

Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced Karen Anderson as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In this newly created position, Karen will lead the company's people and culture strategy. Karen joins Mimecast with more than 20 years of experience in various human resources roles. As the new CHRO, she will […]

Lars Schmermbeck

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Channel Sales EMEA
Lars Schmermbeck, Senior Director, Channel Sales EMEA, Zebra Technologies, a US-based technology vendor that manufactures and sells mobile computing, scanning and computer printing technologies. Schmermbeck talks about his currently role and how Zebra Technologies is working with partners to develop the EMEA channel that it grows profitably. Describe your current job role and the parts

Mario Veljovic

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • VAD Technologies As General Manager
Mario Veljovic joins VAD Technologies as General Manager Mario Veljovic has joined VAD Technologies as General Manager. He brings with him 20 years of senior management experience in both traditional and value added distribution. His work objectives include helping organisations realize their digital transformation objectives, building a sustainable business that is committed to the success of its vendors and resellers, introducing new value-added […]

Mark Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Kodak Alaris
Mark Elliott, Chairman of the Board of Kodak Alaris, announced that Marc Jourlait has been named Chief Executive Officer of Kodak Alaris Holdings effective January 2017. Jourlait will be based in Rochester, New York. Interim CEO Jeff Goodman will return to his role as Chief Operating Officer to support Jourlait during the next few months. […]

Morten Illum

Milestone Systems, a provider of open-platform video management software, announced the appointment of Morten Illum as its new Chief Revenue Officer, CRO. Morten Illum brings extensive experience and a strong track record in channel sales across various regions. His leadership in driving transformation, coupled with his deep knowledge of the tech industry, makes him an

Mukesh Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Alliances and Channel Director - Middle East and North Africa
  • Channel Chief
Mukesh Kumar, Alliances and Channel Director - Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides customer relationship management (CRM) service and complementary suite of enterprise applications focused on customer service, marketing automation, analytics and application development. Kumar's management philosophy focuses on building trusted […]

Murtuza Viramgamwala - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Sales Director
  • Regional Sales Director for the Gulf
Murtuza Viramgamwala has joined Polycom as Regional Sales Director for the Gulf region. In addition, he will develop the channel community through customised trainings and the new generation of Polycom Ambassadors programme that is currently being rolled out in the region. "I look forward to driving business growth for Polycom in the Gulf and nurturing strong

Nicholas Argyrides

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager
Nicholas Argyrides joins Mindware as Deputy General Manager In September this year, Nicholas Argyrides joined value added distributor Mindware as Chief of Sales and Marketing and Deputy General Manager. Mindware is part of the Midis Group of Companies. Before joining Mindware, Argyrides worked in Logicom UAE from 2013 to 2016 as Group Director of Sales and Marketing Distribution, and as Managing Director of EMPA […]

Penny Pritzker

Job Titles:
  • US Secretary of Commerce

Peter Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Exasol

Rishi Lodhia

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief

Sandra Hilt

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief
  • Senior Director - Channel Sales EMEA
Vectra sells 100% via the channel and uses a two-tier channel model in EMEA. Sandra Hilt, Senior Director - Channel Sales EMEA, Vectra, explains how she works with partners to ensure they stay competitive. Describe your current job role and the parts that are somewhat challenging? I joined Vectra as its first dedicated channel hire […]

Shukri Eid

Job Titles:
  • Appointed Managing Director of Cisco Middle East
Shukri Eid has been appointed Managing Director of Cisco Middle East, Eastern Region. In this role, Shukri will lead Cisco's business in UAE, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen and work closely with partners to support private and public sector customers in their efforts to digitise and transform their operations. Shukri is a Cisco veteran of ten years […]

Suchit Kumar

Job Titles:
  • CEO, TEXUB, Tell
  • Channel Chief
Suchit Kumar, CEO, TEXUB, tells us how TEXUB provides the platform for channel partners to digitally trade and have global reach both in buying and selling. TEXUB supports and empowers channel partners in growing their business revenue by shifting from traditional systems to digital systems. Describe your current job role and a summary of the […]

Suzanne Al

Job Titles:
  • Channel Chief

Takreem El Tohamy

Job Titles:
  • General Manager for the Middle East

Tim Mackie

Job Titles:
  • New Worldwide Vice President, Channel
Armis, a provider of agentless device security platform, has appointed Tim Mackie as the new Worldwide Vice President, Channel. As part of Armis' commitment to its global channel partner programme and the accelerating demand for businesses to collaborate with it, Mackie has been appointed to lead this high growth function. "Tim's reputation, experience and success […]

Tobias Jaenchen

Paessler, the monitoring vendor for IT infrastructures and networks, announced appointment of Tobias Jaenchen as Vice President APAC and Americas and Manuela Roth as Global Channel and Key Account Manager. These leadership appointments will be instrumental in driving continued business momentum and in generating new revenue opportunities across Asia Pacific, APAC. It will also ensure

Veresh Sita

Job Titles:
  • Chief Digital Officer
Global developer Emaar Properties announced appointment of Veresh Sita, an international technology professional with expertise in developing customer-oriented solutions and experiences, as its Chief Digital Officer. Sita joins Emaar from Alaska Airlines, where he was CIO, responsible for overseeing an organisation of 300 IT professionals and investing in the airline's infrastructure, enterprise systems and technical

Vivian Gevers

Vivian Gevers joined Credence Security, a specialty cyber security distribution company, as Managing Director in 2013. Her job role includes business strategy development, customer acquisition, business operations, partner engagements and human capital acquisition and development. Getting the opportunity to lead Credence Security in the region by building the business and the team, has been the […]

Ziad Salameh

Job Titles:
  • Cisco Managing Director, West Region
Cisco Middle East announced the appointment of Ziad Salameh as Managing Director of its West Region. In his new position, Salameh is responsible for leading Cisco's business and operations in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Levant and Iraq to capitalise on the opportunities created by digitisation. A Cisco veteran in the region, Salameh will extend efforts […]