People PEOPLE 01732 759725 40 Former Cabinet minister joins Quantexa Advisory Board Quantexa, provider of a Decision Intelligence (DI) platform that helps turn siloed data into decision-ready insights, is advancing its public sector growth plans with the appointment of former UK Cabinet minister and King’s Counsel Lucy Frazer to its Advisory Board. Alongside a two-decade career as a barrister and King’s Counsel, Frazer has held ministerial roles including Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Solicitor General. She has also contributed to international policy initiatives at the European Commission and is an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University Business School. Quantexa Founder and CEO Vishal Marria said: “We are ecstatic to welcome Lucy Frazer to our Advisory Board. Her deep experience in policy, law and strategic leadership will help guide Quantexa’s global growth and innovation, supporting our mission to use data, analytics and AI to establish cultures of confident decision-making for clients across industries.” www.quantexa.com …Jon Nowell appointed MD of Zen Internet business division Independent telecommunications and network connectivity provider Zen Internet has appointed Jon Nowell as Managing Director of its Business division. Meeting the needs of a wide range of customers, from start-ups requiring high-quality broadband to multi-site organisations exploring cloud migration and network transformation, Zen Internet’s extensive connectivity and communication solutions cover internet access, cloud-based voice, SD-WAN, AWS services, hosting, secure networking and more. zen.co.uk/business. New Global Head of Channel at WSO2 WSO2 has appointed Kristian Györkös as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Channel, as it looks to VARs, MSPs and SIs to expand access to its API management, integration and identity and access management (IAM) solutions. Györkös has extensive experience in the API management ecosystem, having built and scaled global partner networks at Kong Inc. and Apigee (Google), in addition to executive experience at companies such as Solo.io, DataStax, Trifacta, Flosum, Dell and Microsoft, where he drove transformative alliances and partner-led growth strategies across cloud, data and enterprise software. WSO2 CRO Devaka Randeniya said: “At WSO2, we see our channel partners as critical force multipliers in our growth strategy. Kristian’s appointment will be instrumental in scaling our partner programs and delivering increased value to customers through an expanded network of trusted solution providers.” https://wso2.com … Comms365 to grow channel sales with new hire Comms365 has hired Rob Bartlett as Channel Business Development Manager with the remit to grow the company’s partner network and expand channel sales. Bartlett joins the connectivity and IoT solutions provider from Viegli, where he spent nearly three years as New Business Manager for the Mitel–Unify telephony portfolio, managing resellers across the South of the UK and building a business pipeline of more than £1m. Comms365 CRO Will Kennedy said: “Rob’s extensive channel experience aligns closely with Comms365’s mission to support our partners in solving real business problems with future-proofed, cutting-edge technology. We see him as an integral part of Comms365’s strategy, helping to enhance our channel presence and support the future growth of Comms365 and our valued partners.” … Evolve IP promotes Alex Finn to Global Sales Director Evolve IP, a provider of cloud-based communications and worldwide collaboration solutions, has appointed Alex Finn as Global Sales Director to replace Jamie Hughes, who is now pursuing a career in property investment. Paul Harrison, Managing Director at Evolve IP, said: “It’s been fantastic to see Alex progress into the role of Global Sales Director. His expertise and leadership will be invaluable as we continue our global expansion and strengthen our partner ecosystem. Jamie’s contributions have been instrumental to our success, and we are confident Alex will build on that momentum and take us even further.” … Andrew Critchley hired to head up Xalient UK identity practice Xalient, a boutique provider of identity-driven security and networking solutions, is aiming to accelerate its UK identity strategy and expand its global managed services offering with the recruitment of Andrew Critchley as Head of UK Identity Practice and Global Identity Managed Services. A recognised IAM expert, Critchley spent over a decade at Capgemini, where he led the development of the company’s Identityas-a-Service (IDaaS) offering and worked closely with leading identity security vendors, including official Xalient partners CyberArk, SailPoint and Ping Identity. In his new role, Critchley will be responsible for developing Xalient’s global Identity Managed Services programme, while also leading its UK Identity Practice. He said: “With Identity at the very core of Xalient’s offerings and its proprietary intellectual property, such as its AI-Ops platform MARTINA, already providing technology differentiation, I’m excited about the potential for Xalient to continue its rapid growth, especially through its Identity Managed Services solutions.” … Phoenix Software hires 500th employee Phoenix Software, a provider of software licensing, transformational infrastructure solutions and managed IT services, has hired its 500th employee, Physical Security Business Development Manager Jamie Baron. ThreatSpike welcomes former Darktrace sales leader as investor End-to-end cybersecurity provider ThreatSpike has welcomed erstwhile Darktrace sales leader Katie Newton as Investor & Advisor as it looks to accelerate its international expansion following a $14 million Series A funding raise and the opening a new office in Mayfair, London. Founded in 2011, ThreatSpike provides an integrated, all-in-one cybersecurity platform combining endpoint, network, email, cloud detection, incident response and unlimited red-teaming under a fixed-price subscription model. Today, it serves over 200 customers with deployments across 90 countries. As Global Head of Sales at Darktrace, Newton helped the cybersecurity company grow from a start‑up to a $5B+ publicly listed unicorn by successfully scaling global sales engines, opening new markets and building high-performance teams. Newton said: “What drew me to ThreatSpike is their fearlessness in shaking up the old cybersecurity playbook. They are relentless in their focus on delivering real value to customers, without the complexity and hidden costs that plague traditional cybersecurity and IT offerings. It’s hitting the reset switch on what cybersecurity and IT should look like: simple and outcome-focused. I’m looking forward to helping the team scale that vision globally.” ThreatSpike CEO Adam Blake added: “It’s a huge win to have Katie with us. Having taken a cyber start‑up from practically zero revenue to one of the most recognised names in cybersecurity, she’s the perfect match for helping bring our ambitions to life. Her journey at Darktrace is the blueprint for the kind of growth ThreatSpike is targeting.” Darktrace co-founder Emily Orton sits on ThreatSpike’s Board of Directors. ThreatSpike.com Katie Newton Lucy Frazer Quantexa Jon Nowell Zen Internet Kristian Györkös WSO2 Alex Finn Evolve IP
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