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Ingram Micro Cloud has announced
exponential growth for 2019, following
restructuring and expansion of the
UK&I team. The UK&I has increased
headcount by a third and is predicted to
amplify the growth seen in the past 12
months in 2020.
MACKINTOSH
Juniper Networks has appointed Gordon
Mackintosh as the new Worldwide
Vice President of Channel and Virtual
Sales. In his role, Mackintosh will drive
Juniper’s go-to-market strategy for
partners.
BERRY
emporia telecom, which is offi cially
launching in the UK and Ireland markets
this month, has announced that Tim
Berry has joined the company as Senior
National Account Manager for the UK
and Ireland.
GIBBONS
Cohesity has announced Martin Gibbons
has joined the company as head of
channel in EMEA. Gibbons will develop
the go-to-market strategy for Cohesity
in EMEA.
Joyner accepts UK&I MD role at Avaya
AVAYA HAS APPOINTED Steve Joyner (pictured) as Managing Director of
the UK and Ireland (UK&I). Reporting to Ronald Rubens, Vice President,
Europe, Joyner will champion Avaya’s customer-fi rst culture.
Joyner will also lead the company’s evolution into a cloud-centric
communications provider and help to drive excellence in executing
Avaya’s global cloud strategy in the UK&I region.
Joyner began at Avaya following the acquisition of Nortel in 2009
and has held multiple engineering, sales and channel roles in the UK
and the Middle East over his successful, 30-year career.
Steve Joyner, Managing Director, UK&I, Avaya commented “I am
very excited to be taking on this role at such an important time in the
Avaya story. The company has continued to lead the market in
customer and employee experience in recent years and we’re ready
to go even further in 2020. I look forward to working with the team
here to drive growth and bring even more value to our partners and
customers in the UK and Ireland with our full suite of cloud-fi rst
solutions.”
David Grant appointed President
of Westcon International
WESTCON INTERNATIONAL, THE
Technology distribution division
of Datatec PLC, is pleased to
announce the appointment of
David Grant (pictured), currently
serving as COO, to the position
of President and COO.
David has been with the Group
since 2007 and was previously
the CEO of Crane
Telecommunications, an Apax
owned company which was
acquired by Datatec. Over the
past decade David has played
an integral role in the
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TOLLRING EXPANDS
HEADCOUNT IN ASIA
WITH EVANS
TOLLRING HAS HIRED
Graham Evans to head up
business strategy in Asia
Pacifi c. Based in Melbourne,
Australia, Graham brings
with him over 20 years of
management expertise in
product, marketing and
sales within the
telecommunications
industry having previously
worked at Vonage, Vocus,
M2 Telecommunications,
AAPT and Hutchison
Telecom.
Graham’s appointment is
part of Tollring’s ambitious
plans for growth across the
region and globally.
Tony Martino, CEO of
Tollring says, “We’re
delighted to have a person
of Graham’s calibre join our
leadership team, to help
deliver on our exciting
product roadmap and to
drive our aggressive
expansion plans for the
region. He has extensive
knowledge of how the
channel and businesses
operate across APAC,
alongside his expertise in
all areas of fi nance, sales,
product, marketing,
delivery and support.”
remodelling of Westcon and has
held various senior executive
roles. The appointment will
consolidate David’s leadership
of the organisation for the next
phase of growth and evolution.
Commenting on the
appointment, Jens Montanana,
Executive Chairman, Westcon
International said: “I would like
to congratulate David on this
promotion in recognition of his
instrumental role in reshaping
the business over the past two
years.”
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