01732 759725 42 PEOPLE Caroline Hutchins Infinigate Group Jason Goody Weblib Patrick Zammit TD SYNNEX Brooke Ellingworth Kramer Simon Blagden CBE Purple Transform He said: “I chose to join Weblib Group as they are well known in France and Germany for disruptive solutions such as Ucopia, Smart Wifi, Smark Kiosk and Smilein. Many organisations and channel partners want or need to work with a more local provider in the UK for such solutions, so there’s a fantastic opportunity for growth in this region.” He added: “Weblib already has incredible momentum and a strong portfolio. We have strong relationships with customers, channel partners and distributors. There is a significant opportunity to benefit from the brand equity in France, showing the value that we can bring to organisations in the UK and Ireland.” Kramer appoints its first ever Director of EMEA Channels Experienced AV and UCC channel executive Brooke Ellingworth is joining AV experience company Kramer as its first-ever Director of EMEA Channels. With over 16 years’ top-level experience, including senior roles at Logitech, Ingram Micro and Cisco, Brooke will play an instrumental role in the company’s ongoing business transformation and growth strategy, supported by closer and more aligned channel partnerships. Reporting to Senior Vice President (SVP) Peter Baxter, with whom she previously worked at Logitech, Ellingworth’s responsibilities include restructuring Kramer’s channel strategy to provide customer-centric offerings tailored to specific regions and extending brand awareness on a global scale. Working with companies such as Sony, Jabra and Netgear, Kramer delivers complete meeting room solutions to businesses in the corporate, education, entertainment, healthcare and government sectors. www.kramerav.com Simon Blagden CBE appointed to Purple Transform Advisory Board Oxford-headquartered Purple Transform, founded in 2021 to unlock the full potential of ethical AI, advanced data analytics, (IoT) and computer vision solutions, has appointed Simon Blagden CBE as an Advisory Board Member. Blagden has 35 years’ experience in the IT, telecoms and digital industry at firms such as GEC, Quante AG and Fujitsu Telecommunications and is currently Chairman of the Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Group and Chair of Building Digital UK (BDUK), the Executive Agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in charge of delivering the government’s Patrick Zammit takes on COO role at TD SYNNEX TD SYNNEX has announced the appointment of Patrick Zammit as Chief Operating Officer, reporting to CEO Rich Hume. Zammit joined TD SYNNEX in 2017 with the acquisition of Avnet Technology Solutions where he was Global President, subsequently leading the European region for TD SYNNEX as President, Europe. In 2021, he took on responsibility for the APJ region as well. In his new role, Zammit will coordinate the distribution giant’s business strategy to drive profitable growth across all technologies, geographies and vendors and accelerate the adoption of high-growth technologies. Regional presidents in the Americas, Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) and Europe will report into him, along with corporate functions responsible for global strategy and information technology. Infinigate Group appoints Caroline Hutchins as CPO The Infinigate Group has appointed Caroline Hutchins, a senior HR professional with extensive international experience in leading people transformation programmes in private, listed and private equity-backed businesses, as its new Chief People Officer (CPO) to take charge of the company’s growing human capital and employee contingent, following its recent expansion. Klaus Schlichtherle, CEO of the Infinigate Group, said: “Human values are at the very heart of our business. We welcome Caroline, who will help us create the structure and environment to foster people development and enable closer, more fruitful collaboration. She will be central to ensuring our employees feel recognised as our company’s most valued resource.” www.infinigate.com Jason Goody joins Weblib as Channel Director for UK & Ireland Jason Goody has joined Weblib as Channel Director for UK & Ireland, with responsibility for sales across the UK & Ireland, including driving strategy and growth across partner and channel operations. Goody brings nearly twenty years partner/ channel and sales experience to the provider of customer and employee engagement solutions, including tenures at OVHCloud, Virtual1, O2 and Orange Business Services. digital infrastructure programmes including the £5 billion Project Gigabit to improve connectivity across the UK. Purple Transform’s core SiYtE platform uses a combination of AI, Machine Vision/ Learning and Human Intelligence to integrate cameras, sensors and thirdparty data to detect, alert and provide insights tailored to specific needs, such as monitoring UK rail lines for trespass and station overcrowding. Westcon-Comstor hands Brzezinski new sustainability responsibilities Westcon-Comstor, a global technology provider and specialist distributor, is reinforcing its commitment to positive action on climate and the environment with the appointment of Kevin Brzezinski as its first ever Chief Sustainability Officer with responsibility for minimising the company’s carbon footprint and environmental impact. Brzezinski will take on this new role in addition to his current position of Senior Vice-President of Global Operations, a role he has held for the last seven years. www.westconcomstor.com Gcore welcomes gaming mogul Paul Wedgwood to Board of Directors Gcore, a European provider of public cloud and edge computing, AI, content delivery, hosting and security solutions to global enterprises, has appointed online video gaming mogul and entrepreneur Paul Wedgwood as Non-Executive Director to help shape the company’s growth strategy. Wedgwood became one of the world’s first eSports television presenters with his TV shows Lock n Load and Quake Republic, before setting up video game developer Splash Damage in 2001. After selling this in a cash deal worth over $70 million to Hong Konglisted company Leyou in 2017, he founded investment firm Supernova Capital LLP. In January 2023, Wedgwood cofounded independent film production company Entropy Pictures. Gcore manages its own global IT infrastructure across six continents, delivering one of the best network performances in Europe, Africa and LATAM, with an average response time of 30 ms worldwide. Its network consists of 150+ points of presence around the world in reliable Tier IV and Tier III data centres, People Paul Wedgwood Kevin Brzezinski
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