Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 46 | Page 56

INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Schneider Electric appoints Karlton Gray as IT channel director for the UK and Ireland
Karlton Gray , IT Channel Director , UK and Ireland , Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric , a provider of

Digital Transformation , energy management and automation solutions , has announced the appointment of Karlton Gray as its new IT channel director for the UK and Ireland . Gray is a seven-year veteran of Schneider Electric ’ s Secure Power Division and since joining he has held numerous roles within the company , managing large-scale enterprise , corporate and e-commerce channel partners including CDW , Softcat , Comms Express , Ebuyer , CCS Media , Misco , Amazon and Bechtle .
In his new role Gray will take charge of Schneider Electric ’ s IT channel sales divisions across the region and will be tasked with driving continued success of Schneider Electric ’ s Secure Power Division , which provides critical power protection , uninterruptible power supplies ( UPS ), racks , enclosures , power distribution units ( PDU ) and cooling solutions for data centres , server rooms and edge computing environments .
Gray joined Schneider Electric as a channel account manager in 2015 , driving sales for APC , its flagship brand of physical infrastructure and software solutions via UK direct market resellers ( DMR ), VARs and traditional hardware resellers . In 2017 he was promoted to senior channel account manager , where he was responsible for establishing and managing relationships with partners to deliver growth across the UK and Northern Europe .
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Nutanix appoints Yacine Kherbane as vice president EMEA Marketing

Nutanix , a hybrid multi-cloud computing solutions vendor , today announced the appointment of Yacine Kherbane to Vice President , EMEA Marketing . The promotion is effective immediately and he will be based in Paris .

In his new role , Kherbane will manage a high performing team across EMEA that has been integral to Nutanix ’ s success of driving a record pipeline , new business growth and increased partner engagement .
“ The hybrid multi-cloud era for enterprises is accelerating , making it an exciting time to be appointed to lead marketing activities in EMEA to help speed up business growth across the region ,” commented Kherbane . “ I am looking forward to working closely with my talented team to devise and deploy a comprehensive marketing strategy that will drive customer adoption and migration , to underpin the next phase of growth .”
Ben Gibson , Chief Marketing Officer , Nutanix , said : “ Yacine has established himself as an outstanding collaborator across the global marketing organisation . He is ideally qualified to further drive our momentum to help communicate Nutanix ’ s value in helping companies modernise their infrastructure and build out a hybrid multi-cloud environment . Yacine ’ s appointment is testament to his commitment and accomplishments achieved to date within our organisation .”
Yacine Kherbane , Vice President EMEA Marketing , Nutanix
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