INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Lee Reynolds regional channel veteran
moves to Netconsent UK
Netconsent announced appointment of Lee Reynolds
as its new Chief Executive Officer. Reynolds was
previously Regional Service Sales Manager MEA and
Turkey at Polycom till July 2016. Prior to Polycom,
he was Managing Director, MEA and APAC for Value
Added Distributor, Arrow Electronics, and European
Security VAD, Computerlinks Group, where he headed
up operations and led sales growth in the region for
nearly ten years. Prior to these roles, Reynolds founded
Fusion Distribution, which was acquired by Computerlinks Group in 2007.
Reynolds is recognised for his successful track record in creating and executing strategies
that deliver on ambitious revenue goals. His commercial experience will help drive Netconsent’s
business strategy. Passionately committed to a channel sales model, Reynolds has already
stated his intention to retain that go-to-market strategy for growing Netconsent’s sales
revenues, market share and profitability.
The addition of Reynolds to the board signals a new phase in Netconsent’s expansion plans.
Dominic Saunders, founder of Netconsent will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer
and remains responsible for the strategic direction of the Netconsent software solution and
professional services, including the imminent provision for a SaaS offering.
Netconsent is a vendor of compliance and communications software that automates the policy
management life-cycle, delivers e-learning content and promotes user awareness.
David Rozzio appointed Managing
Director HP Inc, South Africa
David Rozzio has taken over as Managing Director at HP
Inc South Africa with effect from August 2016. He has been
working at HP since 2001.
During his tenure at HP he has held a number of posts mostly in
the area of channel management. These include from most recent,
PPS SMB and Channel Director HP Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa; PPS Commercial
Channel Manager, MEMA; PSG Channel Sales Manager Middle East; Channel Sales Operations
Middle East; Reseller Sales Operations and District Manager, France; Area Category Manager.
He was educated at HEC Paris with Master HEC Entrepreneurs and Institut des Siences de
líIngÈnieur de Montpellier.
Jonathan Gill joins
security vendor RSA as
Vice President EMEA
The Security Division of EMC announced
Jonathan Gill as Vice President covering
Africa, Middle East and Europe.
The appointment continues RSA’s
transformation to become an organisation
well positioned to lead in the unfolding new
world order of business-driven security.
With more than 25 years of experience
in global enterprise security leadership,
Gill has a proven track record of success
in creating and executing sales strategies
that drive incremental business growth and
customer value. In this role, he will leverage
his experience to drive sales growth and
customer satisfaction in the EMEA region.
Most recently, Jonathan served as Executive
Vice President for Global Sales at Veracode
following leadership and sales roles at CA,
Arcot and IBM.
By providing business-driven security,
RSA helps enable organisations of all sizes
take command of their evolving security
posture. RSA solutions and services are
designed to link security incidents and
identity context with business context so
organisations can reduce risk and be sure
they are protecting what matters most.
Riverbed appoints Ramzi Itani as channel head Deputy General Manager
Riverbed Technology has appointed Ramzi Itani as its Regional Channel Sales Director for the Middle East, Turkey
and Africa region. In this new role, Itani will focus on the development and enablement of Riverbed’s regional
channel, in-line with the companyís global channel strategy. He reports to Giovanni Di Filippo, Vice President,
Channels, for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Riverbed and Taj Elkhayat, Regional Vice President, META.
In recent years, Riverbed’s focus has been to help partners expand across three key areas: building an
embedded solution and services programme, driving joint engagement, and accelerating repeatable revenue. As Riverbed adopts a 100%
channel driven model in the META region, Ramzi’s work will play a pivotal role in the success of the company.
Ramzi has a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics as well an MBA in Marketing from University of Leicester in the UK.
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