Appointments

Tech Data has promoted David Watts to the role of senior vice president, UK and Ireland. Watts will extend his current role as operational leader of Tech Data’s UK and Ireland business to assume the strategic development responsibilities previously held by Andy Gass. Gass continues in Tech Data’s European leadership …

Redis Labs has named Taimur Rashid as the company’s Chief Business Development Officer. Rashid brings to the company nearly two decades of experience in incubating new market opportunities and expanding the market reach for iconic enterprise software companies, the past 15 years being with leading cloud service providers. Rashid will be responsible …

PPDS has appointed AV professional, Christian Krela, in the newly created position of Channel Manager. Based near Dortmund, Christian brings more than 20-years’ AV specialist sales experience to the PPDS sales team, having held high profile B2B sales management roles at a number of leading national and international AV specialist organisations …

The March 21 issue of PCR, which hits desks at the beginning of March, will focus on the evolving Esports industry. We will be covering: Current state: esports market The importance of gaming security Here’s how to get involved:  We are looking for opinions, Q&A’s and analysis around the sector …

Epsilon  has appointed Warren Aw as its Managing Director, Asia-Pacific to lead its commercial strategy in the region. Aw joins Epsilon from Colt Technology Services where he was Country Director – Service Provider, Enterprise & Capital Markets, Sales. Aw brings more than 20 years of experience in sales in Asia to Epsilon’s senior management …

Commvault has appointed John Tavares as Vice President, Global Channel and Alliances. In his new role, Tavares will be responsible for overseeing the growth of Commvault’s Global Partner Organisation and strengthening the company’s relationships with partners worldwide. Tavares joins Commvault from Dell EMC, where he worked in a variety of …

Softcat has appointed Louise Fellows as its new Public Sector Director. Following Ant Cowen’s recent move to Sales Director, Fellows will assume leadership of the company’s public sector team from January 2021. Ant Cowen says: “We are delighted to welcome Louise Fellows into the Softcat family. Louise brings with her …

Tech Data has appointed Mark Stewart as Independent Retail Channel Manager. He takes immediate responsibility for leading the team and building strong partnerships with retail customers of all sizes. Stewart spent the last five years as SMB Sales Manager and joined Tech Data ten years ago. He will lead a …

Exabeam has appointed technology industry veteran and former Splunk marketing leader Sherry Lowe as chief marketing officer (CMO). Lowe will be responsible for leading the global marketing strategy and will report directly to Ralph Pisani, president, Exabeam. Throughout Lowe’s 20-year career in the technology industry, she has built strategic marketing …

Consenna has created a new Director-level role with responsibility for leading its expanding product solution portfolio.  The appointment comes as Consenna expects to exceed £10.5m in turnover in the current financial year. Simon Yates will join Consenna in early January 2021, having amassed over 15 years within the IT sector at both …