technologyreseller.co.uk 43 PEOPLE Jacqueline Daniell mpro5 Mark Billingham Access Group Caroline Fanning Access Group Carla Matthews Access Group Derek Fisk mpro5 cyber security consultancy to clients in the critical national infrastructure, aviation, financial services, government and oil and gas sectors, globally. .... Mahrra appointed Marketing Director at Logicalis Logicalis UK&I, a global provider of IT solutions and managed services, has announced Louise Mahrra as its new Marketing Director. Based in London, Mahrra will serve as a member of the UK&I senior leadership team, reporting directly to regional Managing Director Alex Louth. Over the last 20 years, Mahrra has worked for a variety of technology companies including Microsoft, Leonardo S.p.A and CAE Technology Services Ltd. uki.logicalis.com .... Sanderson joins Vulse as co-Founder Vulse, founded by CEO Rob Illidge to support LinkedIn employee advocacy campaigns and to empower employees to create engaging content on the networking platform, has expanded its leadership team with the recruitment of former QuantSpark talent specialist Annika Sanderson as a co-founder. Vulse, which raised £150k of funding in March 2023, has since added thousands of active users and joined the Microsoft and NVIDIA acceleration programs. Sanderson said: “I’m incredibly excited to be a part of the Vulse journey. Rob has created an incredible team in Manchester, and it’s an honour to be a part of a business that is changing the way employers and employees promote themselves online.” Vulse.co .... Mark Boden joins Firstcom Europe Pan-European unified communications specialist Firstcom Europe is supporting its expansion plans with the recruitment of Mark Boden as Sales & Commercial Director. Mark brings over 25 years of telecoms industry knowledge and expertise to the role, having previously worked at Gamma, Daisy and Azzurri Communications. Christian Bleakley, CEO of Firstcom Europe, said: “I’ve known Mark professionally and personally for many years and have long held the desire to bring his expertise to the business, so when this role presented itself there really was no hesitation or alternative for Firstcom. We literally jumped at the chance to appoint Mark.” www.firstcomeurope.co.uk .... MAXHUB recruits James Jepson as Sales Manager UKI MAXHUB has appointed James Jepson as its new Sales Manager UKI as the CVTE Group brand looks to increase brand awareness and expand its partner network in the UK and Ireland. MAXHUB provides an extensive range of interactive displays, LED displays, commercial displays, MTR solutions and unified communications accessories, such as video soundbars, cameras and speakerphones. Jepson has previously worked at Viewsonic, Northamber AV and, most recently, Sound Technology Ltd, an independent distributor of professional audio technology, professional lighting and musical instruments. www.maxhub.com/uk/ .... Sharp NEC expands channel team Sharp NEC Display Solutions has expanded its UK team with the appointment of Kate Butcher to support the company’s UK channel partners. Butcher has 10 years’ experience in channel and AV services, including spells at Airtame and PeerlessAV. www.sharpnecdisplays.eu Fisk appointed Head of Channel at mpro5 Derek Fisk has joined process management specialist mpro5, a subsidiary of AIM-listed Crimson Tide, as its new Head of Channel to spearhead the company’s partner recruitment drive as it seeks to attract MSPs, consultants, IoT hardware providers and sector specialists to its growing ecosystem. The mpro5 process management app helps businesses in the grocery retail, facilities management and contract catering sectors optimise and verify their processes to improve operational effectiveness, ensure process compliance and drive productivity gains and cost savings. Jacqueline Daniell, CEO at mpro5, said: “We have some ambitious growth targets for 2024 and beyond, and we look forward to collaborating with new partners to develop innovative and cost-effective workflow automation and process management solutions. Derek’s appointment underscores our commitment to accelerate growth and expand our footprint across key markets in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.” Fisk has 25 years of global sales and channel experience in the technology, telecoms and software sectors, including tenures at lab workflow automation provider Automata, Sony and BlackBerry. www.mpro5.com .... Hattrick of hires at Access Group Business management software provider The Access Group has made three senior hires to strengthen its commitment to customer service and sustainability. These include Chief Employee Success Officer Caroline Fanning, previously Chief People Officer at Avanade; Chief Customer Experience Officer Mark Billingham, previously Managing Director for Capita Experience UK; and Director of Sustainability Carla Matthews, previously at RWS Holdings plc. www.theaccessgroup.com Norman to head up Veritas in UKI & DACH Veritas Technologies has announced the promotion of Oliver Norman to the position of Regional Vice President for UK & Ireland and DACH. Reporting directly to Mark Nutt, Senior Vice President, International Sales, Norman will head up the secure multi-cloud data management specialist’s UKI and DACH business. Norman joined Veritas in April 2023 as VP of Channel & Alliances, EMEAI, after managing and developing teams at technology companies such as BMC Software, where he served as Area Vice President, and Morse, a consulting IT services company. See interview on pages 18-19. Louise Mahrra Annika Sanderson & Rob Illidge ....
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