Print.IT Reseller - issue 68

01732 759725 16 BULLETIN : PEOPLE CityFibre names new head of service CityFibre has appointed Judith Felton to lead the service specialist and customer service teams to effectively deliver the businesses’ processes and models, in order to achieve greater customer satisfaction. Felton joins having gained over 16 years of industry experience at Vodafone (previously Cable & Wireless) in various customer service related roles. She said: “I’m joining CityFibre at a truly exciting time as they continue to merge the operations of their businesses, while maintaining superior standards of customer service and satisfaction.” www.cityfibre.com Promotions prove apprentice scheme success One of Commercial’s rising stars, Ryan Mann, is being promoted to the role of 2nd Line Team Leader in the Managed IT Division. This is his second senior role in under two years, as he rose from 1st Line Engineer to 1st Line Team Leader. Mann was the first apprentice to join Managed IT when the Network Operations Centre (NOC) scheme was launched in 2015. Other successes include Lauren Edmunds, who joined in 2014 as a Sales Support Apprentice and is now a Project Manager in the Managed IT division, and Matthew Batchelor who joined in 2016 from Foundation, and is now a Purchasing Assistant. www.commercial.co.uk Antalis announces new hire Antalis UK has employed Steve Chappell to lead the development of its graphical board business where he will play a vital part in helping Antalis grow its presence in this key market. The appointment comes as part of Antalis’ response to the surge of public awareness in environmental and social concerns around packaging, waste and best-use materials, which has pushed paperboard to the front of innovation. www.antalis.co.uk Exertis promotes from within Exertis has announced the appointment of Robert Fitzsimons as UK Head of Marketing. In his new role, reporting to Paul Bryan, Exertis UK and Ireland Managing Director, he will be responsible for managing the company’s enterprise, business and consumer channel marketing, leading a team of marketing professionals that provide innovative and highly effective programmes for partners. “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Rob to head up our UK marketing team. Since joining us almost six years ago, he has gained experience across our enterprise, business and consumer divisions helping to drive and lead a number of channel initiatives including our highly successful Plug In to Exertis event. Rob is a product of our DCC graduate scheme and so his appointment is testament to the career progression available from Exertis,” said Bryan. www.exertis.co.uk New hire to lead channel development activities Andy Wilson has joined CityFibre to oversee the company’s wholesale channel as it focuses on driving take-up across its growing full fibre footprint. Wilson brings with him over 20 years of experience in the channel, previously holding senior positions within Virgin Media Business and DWS, moving to CityFibre from Node4 where he was Director of Channel Sales. CityFibre’s invigorated wholesale channel development team will ensure its channel partners are able to maximise their use of CityFibre’s new and existing networks. The team will build on the momentum driven by recent product developments such as the burstable Ethernet Flex service as well as strategic partnerships such as that recently announced with DWS. www.cityfibre.com Industry veterans to spearhead growth Y Soft is adding two industry veterans to help continue its strong global sales growth. Document and Imaging management industry veteran Barry Löwer has been tapped as the new Chief Sales Officer (CSO) and Ondrej Župka has been hired for the newly created role of Vice President of Manufacturing to lead Y Soft’s growing manufacturing operations and strategy. www.ysoft.com OKI Europe appoints new MD Tsukasa Takasawa has been appointed Managing Director, OKI Europe. Bringing 30 years’ experience in the corporate and investment banking sectors to the role, Takasawa replaces Dennie K. Kawahara who is moving back to OKI Data Corporation, to assume responsibility for the organisation’s global transformation. Takasawa first joined the OKI Group in 2016 as Chief Executive of Staff. He went on to become Director and Divisional General Manager for OKI Data Corporation’s Corporate Planning and Administration Divisions, holding strategic responsibility for corporate planning, finance and accounting, information systems and risk management at board level, as well as participating in the company’s mid-term business planning. “In a mature, evolving market, OKI Europe’s long-standing reputation and more than 30 years’ experience of customer-driven innovation gives us a strong competitive edge,” said Takasawa. “We are already establishing ourselves within key verticals and as Managing Director, I look forward to continuing to build on this success, collaborating with OKI Europe’s Senior Management Team to establish and lead a proactive and targeted strategy of growth and transformation in the region.” www.oki.com/eu Judith Felton Ryan Mann Tsukasa Takasawa Andy Wilson Rob Fitzsimons Steve Chappell