Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 07 | Page 54

INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS Digital Shadows expands executive leadership Digital Shadows has strengthened its management team by appointing Dan Lowden as Chief Marketing Officer; Schwark Satyavolu joins the company’s board and Paul Kenealy joins as Director of Intelligence. Dan Lowden has more than 20 years of executive-level experience in technology marketing. He has driven brand leadership and marketing excellence that has substantially grown startups and large enterprises in security, mobile computing, wireless services, enterprise software and cloud. As CMO at Digital Shadows, he will lead all aspects of the company’s strategic marketing efforts to expand its global market presence, develop new partnerships and relationships, and continue to focus on customer needs. Previously, Dan was Chief Marketing Officer at Invincea, a machine learning next-gen antivirus company. Prior to that, he was VP of Marketing at vArmour, a leading datacentre and cloud security company. He has held marketing leadership positions at IBM, NEC and Sharp Electronics. Dan Lowden, new Chief Marketing Officer. Schwark Satyavolu joins the company’s board. Industry veteran Schwark Satyavolu has joined the company’s board and will bring considerable expertise and advice to the business. Schwark is a General Partner at Trinity Ventures focusing on Fintech, Security and Artificial Intelligence investments. For almost 20 years, he has built and complied with security standards for large financial institutions. Before joining Trinity, Schwark served as EVP at LifeLock and was head of MasterCard’s global rewards and offers initiatives. Paul Kenealy has joined Digital Shadows as Director of Intelligence tasked with expanding the company’s human-led closed source coverage and intelligence. Kenealy has 14 years’ experience running intelligence programmes and was previously at KPMG where he was responsible for Cyber Threat Intelligence and Response. He has also held cybersecurity roles at Barclays Bank and Betfair among others. Since joining, Kenealy has already expanded the Digital Shadows’ human-led closed source coverage and intelligence capabilities. Microsoft appoints new General Manager for Gulf region Microsoft has appointed Sayed Hashish as the Regional General Manager for Microsoft Gulf. In his new role, Sayed will be overseeing the company’s operations across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE, driving strategic planning and shaping growth initiatives to enable digital transformation across sectors in the region through developing youth capabilities, encouraging local innovation, furthering the digital agenda and fostering a knowledge- based economy. Sayed, who joined Microsoft in 1998, has spent more than 10 years in Dubai and held key positions in the region to drive the company’s mission in empowering individuals and organisations to achieve more. Most recently he was General Manager for Microsoft’s Public Sector in the Middle East and Africa. During his tenure, he led a diverse team of Microsoft employees, based in 79 countries, covering government, 54 education, healthcare, public safety and national security sectors. “Technology can transform education, nurture community innovation and create employment opportunities that fuel a sustained cycle of social and economic development,” Sayed said. “Digital transformation, applied strategically, can engage customers and citizens, empower employees, optimise operations and transform products and services. With Gulf governments marching forwards with bold economic visions, this is an exciting time for us to play an important role in progressing Microsoft’s commitment to fuel growth and bring prosperity in the region by transforming businesses, societies and economies.” Sayed will continue to be based in Dubai and lead the Gulf region to drive Microsoft’s ambitions through forging new partnerships. He believes that all industry sectors in the Gulf can benefit from Microsoft’s holistic security platform and technologies such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, mobile enterprise apps and the Internet of Things. ssue 07 NTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Veeam appoints Graham Porter as Head of Channels for Middle East Veeam Software has appointed IT veteran Graham Porter as Middle East Channel Manager. Graham will be responsible for the company’s regional channel sales team spread across Dubai, Riyadh and Qatar, managing relationships with major distributors such as Aptec, Redington and Logicom, and building opportunities along with ecosystem alliance partners like HPE, Cisco, NetApp, Microsoft and SAP. Graham started his career with IBM in the UK in 1984 in a technical support role and had various sales and channel roles in the UK and across EMEA. In 1994, he relocated to Saudi Arabia where he worked with IBM/SBM to set up the company’s channel network. Since then, he has held various channel leadership roles at companies such as HP, Sun Microsystems, Cisco and lastly at NetApp, where he spent three years rebuilding its distribution and channel business and getting the company into the security business. Graham will be primarily focusing on Saudi and the UAE, the region’s two biggest IT markets, where Veeam is experiencing exponential growth. The company also sees huge opportunities in Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Levant and Iraq. Veeam promotes Andrei Baronov and Peter McKay to Co-CEO roles Veeam Software has also announced that it has promoted Co-founder, member of the Board of Directors and CTO, Andrei Baronov, and President & COO and member of the Board of Directors, Peter McKay, to the positions of Co-CEOs. Current CEO and member of the Board of Directors, William H Largent, will take on a new role as Chairman of the Finance & Compensation Committees. Veeam’s Co-founder and Director, Ratmir Timashev, continues in his existing role. These executive changes add extra focus and strength to help the company continue its rapid expansion into the enterprise and cloud segments, and enable it to accelerate growth into the Americas and APJ markets. Also, Veeam reaffirms its goal of becoming a $1 billion in revenue company by 2019. As Co-CEOs, Mr Baronov and Mr McKay will focus on key functional competencies and they, along with Mr Largent and Mr Timashev as members of the Board of Directors, will be responsible for optimising the company’s growth potential. As Co-CEO, Mr Baronov will continue his existing CTO responsibilities, and shall oversee Veeam’s R&D, market strategy and product management functions with the focus on continued expansion of Veeam’s total addressable market (TAM). Mr McKay will spearhead Veeam’s go-to- market, finance and HR functions, as well as work in tandem with Mr Baronov as Co-CEO to drive the company’s future growth. As Chairman of the Finance & Compensation Committees, Mr Largent will be responsible for the oversight of all corporate governance matters, tax structure, investment management and the internal audit function. Seclore expands role of Channel Director to include key Saudi and Africa regions Seclore Technologies, a provider of Enterprise Digital Rights Management (EDRM) solutions, has expanded the role of Regional Channel Director to enhance its Go-to-Market Strategy. Seclore is expanding its GCC presence and regional operations in response to increased demand for its award-winning solutions. The role of Rohit Oberoi as Regional Channel Director for India and the Middle East has now been expanded to include the key Saudi Arabia and Africa territories, with the aim of developing the company’s markets with the support of a new team based at Seclore’s regional office in Dubai. Rohit was previously Director of Channel Sales in India and the Rest of the Middle East for Seclore. Amit Malhotra, VP Sales India, Middle East & Africa, Seclore, commented: “Developing the channel is an integral part of our strategy for the India, Saudi Arabia, Rohit Oberoi, Regional Channel Director for India and the Middle East. rest of the Middle East and Africa region; the Channel Director plays a key role in driving our expansion plans for the region as we continue to invest for growth from our new regional base in Dubai.” 55