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01732 759725 42 PEOPLE Flynn joins ITAM as Commercial Director Mark Flynn, erstwhile MD of Snow Software, has joined the ITAM Forum as Commercial Director. In his new role, he will make sure the Forum has the funds it needs to promote the ITAM industry and specific projects like creation of the world’s first ISO 19770 certification scheme. Since the Forum was set up 18 months ago, 16 companies have pledged their financial support. Flynn said: “Although the Forum is a not-for-profit trade body, it still takes money to do all the exciting things we have planned, and it will be my role to ensure we have sufficient funds for all these great things to happen.” www.itamf.org New CEO at Ancoris Andre Azevedo has succeeded founder David McLeman as CEO of Ancoris, the pure-play Google Cloud Service Provider which recently secured a significant growth investment from Beech Tree Private Equity (BTPE). McLeman, who will remain on the board as Vice-Chair, said: “I am delighted to hand over the reins to Andre, who as COO has led our sales, marketing and delivery teams since joining us at the beginning of this year. We have a strong management team in place, and I look forward to continuing to support them and Andre as we take on the accelerated growth journey ahead of us with BTPE’s investment.” Azevedo has nearly a decade of experience in the public cloud, including spells at Cloudreach, SAP, Oracle and Dell. www.ancoris.com SolarWinds fills new partner sales roles SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has made Jeff McCullough Vice President, Worldwide Partner Sales. In this newly created role, McCullough will be responsible for leading SolarWind’s global channel business, partner development and strategic partnerships, with a particular focus on building a Partner program strategy to support global go-to-market teams, while accelerating the company’s routes to market across cloud service providers, global system integrators, distributors and resellers. McCullough has previously held VP channel roles at Park Place Technologies, NetApp, Quest Software and HP. Solarwinds has also strengthened its European leadership team with the appointment of Laurent Delattre as Vice President for EMEA Sales. Based in France, Delattre previously held positions at Pulse Secure and Trend Micro. www.SolarWinds.com Six Degrees strengthens leadership team Following the appointment of Chris Abbott as COO in October, Six Degrees has appointed Gareth Lailey as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Philip Wood as Chief Product & Technical Officer (CPTO). Lailey joins Six Degrees from Rackspace, where he was most recently Sales Director, while Wood joins from easyJet, where he served as Director of Services and Transformation Lead. Commenting on the appointments, Six Degrees CEO Simon Crawley-Trice said: “We’ve been open about the fact that Six Degrees is transforming to scale, and I’m looking forward to seeing the value that Gareth and Philip bring to our clients to support that.” https://www.6dg.co.uk/ New CEO at Podia Podia, a provider of technology and furniture solutions for high-performance workspaces, has brought in Andrew Pearce as CEO to lead the company through its next stage of growth. Pearce has more than 20 years’ experience in the communications industry, most recently as MD of NTT Ltd’s Cloud Communications Division (previously Arkadin), where he spent 12 years growing the business across EMEA. Pearce said: “Podia has huge potential and I’m thrilled to be a part of such an innovative venture. Podia enables businesses of all types and sizes to professionalise their hybrid and remote working environments and it’s a really exciting new market opportunity.” Éadaoin Carrick takes the reins at Cantec Following its acquisition of InShip, Cantec Group has appointed Éadaoin Carrick as Executive Chair to lead the company on the next stage of its growth. Her appointment as the first female Director to run the company increases female representation on Cantec Group’s board to 33%. At the same time, Dara Madden, a founding Director of Cantec Group, has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer, with Paula O’Gorman taking on the role of Chief Marketing Officer. www.cantecgroup.ie New appointments at Ultima pave way for global expansion Cloud specialist and automation provider Ultima has appointed Gareth Meyer as its new COO and James Hunnybourne as Cloud Solutions Director. Meyer was previously Commercial and Operations Director for Ultima and has been with the business since 2017. Hunnybourne comes from Softcat, where he was Head of Technology Services and Solutions. Ultima CEO Scott Dodds said: “Gareth has contributed hugely to the company over the years, and I’m delighted he will be leading our global expansion and continuing to ensure excellent business outcomes for our customers. James brings with him a wealth of experience in cloud and customer experience excellence. I know he will contribute significantly to the development of our cloud offering.” www.ultima.com SaaS expert joins Tiger Workplace data analytics organisation Tiger has appointed an experienced Softwareas-a-Service (SaaS) strategy leader as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Former ICSA Software International CFO Vicky Staley has more than 20 years of business technology expertise and was most recently International Director of Finance for Boats Group, operator of an online boating marketplace. Through its Tiger Prism workplace analytics product, Tiger helps 600 customers in the financial services, legal, manufacturing, NHS and public sector to make use of over three trillion pieces of call data per year to improve workforce efficiency and decision-making. Tiger CEO Jon Pickering said: “Tiger has gone through a huge transformation in 2021 – transitioning from a business that largely sold on-premise technology to focusing on a recurring revenue, subscription-based and agile Software-as-a-Service model. Vicky has critical experience in this area and will therefore play an integral part in how we deliver long-term value to our customers.” People Vicky Staley Gareth Meyer James Hunnybourne Mark Flynn ITAM Laurent Delattre SolarWinds Jeff McCullough SolarWinds Andrew Pearce Podia Gareth Lailey Six Degrees Philip Wood Six Degrees Éadaoin Carrick

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