Print.IT Reseller - issue 53

01732 759725 14 BULLETIN : PEOPLE New President to lead Konica Minolta’s business in Europe Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has appointed Keiji Okamoto as President of its European business, succeeding Ikuo Nakagawa in the role. As a 30-year Konica Minolta veteran with an outstanding track record in a range of executive positions within the company, Okamoto takes on the European leadership following a post as Senior Executive Officer for Konica Minolta Japan and three years as President of Konica Minolta Business Solutions China from 2014 onwards. He has extensive experience from across the business with prior roles in strategic planning and operations in both Europe and the USA. Okamoto succeeds Ikuo Nakagawa who is taking on a new Senior Executive Officer position at Konica Minolta, Inc. based in Tokyo, Japan. www.konicaminolta.co.uk New channel hire for Avaya Alison Hastings has joined Abaya as UK Channel Lead. In her new role, Hastings is responsible for maximising the value Avaya brings to its UK partner community, increasing portfolio adoption and growing the company’s channel business in the UK. The appointment comes as Avaya shares a renewed strategy to provide increased value to partners and customers and to invest further in its capabilities to anticipate and adapt to the dynamic needs of the channel. www.avaya.com Mersive expands executive ranks Wireless content sharing and collaboration solutions provider, Mersive Technologies has bolstered its leadership ranks by promoting Rick Emery to Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and adding Martin Payne and Dan Hudspeth as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), respectively. The three executives bring key experience needed in scaling private-equity backed technology companies experiencing high growth and international expansion. The company has also hired the first two of a projected six-strong customer facing team in the EMEA region headed up by Jeff Meyer, General Manager, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). It has also greatly expanded its distribution network with seven new partners in territories where it currently doesn’t have a direct presence. www.mersive.com Antalis Office hires new packaging recruit As part of a concerted focus on helping dealers to make the most of the packaging cross-selling opportunity, Antalis’ Office division has bolstered its team with the hire of a new Packaging Specialist. Ian Whitcombe joins the business bringing with him over 20 years’ experience in the complex packaging industry. His job is to drive the packaging cross selling opportunity across all office channels by using his unique skillset to arm the sales teams’ with the tools and know-how to provide a first class packaging proposition to customers. On a strategic level, the remit is to add value to the growth of packaging sales within the office division and gain market share. Antalis Office Head of Channel Susana Marambio, said: “Amid these challenging times, we are committed to helping customers to expand into new growth markets - with packaging being key to this. Following increased focus on the packaging market, and exceptional product innovation, we have ambitious growth plans for this area this year and beyond. Ian’s role is integral to this and, with his skills and experience, he will help us shape our packaging offering for the future.” www.antalis.co.uk Page to spearhead global growth at Datrium Datrium has appointed Tim Page as Chief Executive Officer. The company’s next stage of growth will tap Page’s leadership and experience from Sprinklr, a cloud service for enterprises, where he served as COO. Page will replace co-founder Brian Biles in the CEO role. Biles will continue to serve the company as Chief Product Officer. “Tim is a great leadership fit for Datrium,” said Biles. “His combination of experiences in leadership in cloud services and converged infrastructure are perfect for us.” In recent months, Datrium has enjoyed substantial channel growth fuelled by strategic relationships with technology partners including Dell, Oracle, RedHat, and Citrix. In January, the company also began its global expansion with the opening of offices in Japan and Canada. www.datrium.com Network Group names interim chair Paul Rambridge of Sweethaven Computers has been appointed Interim Chair of the Network Group, making this his third tenure as a member of the executive team during his 18-year membership history. Rambridge offers his in-depth knowledge of the group’s history and embraces its future vision and structure. He has authority and experience on the benefits of membership as, over the course of his time with the group, his own business has evolved and grown into a multi-faceted organisation covering retail, business and education. Rambridge aims to bring clarity and harmony to the board and the team during a period of planned change. He aims to lead by example and offers an infectious sense of humour, realism and a strong work ethic to empower the Network Group team to continue to grow. https://nbg.co.uk Ian Whitcombe Paul Rambridge Rick Emery Dan Hudspeth Martin Payne Mersive expands its executive team: Rick Emery as CRO, Martin Payne as CMO, and Dan Hudspeth as CFO