News in the Channel - issue #21

ON THE MOVE

NinjaOne promotes Andre Schindler to SVP of global sales

NinjaOne has promoted Andre Schindler to senior vice president (SVP) of global sales. In his new worldwide sales role, Andre will initially lead the global account management and sales development teams. Schindler will also continue his duties as general manager, EMEA, and oversee all EMEA operations and growth. Schindler founded NinjaOne’s EMEA headquarters in Berlin in 2018 and built up the sales and service organisations across Europe where the company has thousands of customers. Under his leadership, NinjaOne has had great success in the DACH market and, more broadly, across EMEA, with year- over-year customer growth hitting 70% and 75% respectively from H1 2023 to H1 2024. NinjaOne’s EMEA headquarters has also significantly grown, with hundreds of employees working out of the Berlin office. “This is a time of significant, global growth for NinjaOne, and the endpoint management

category as a whole,” said Sal Sferlazza, CEO and co-founder at NinjaOne. “Andre is a proven business leader with an impressive track record of building and coaching teams to deliver exceptional results. Most importantly, he embodies NinjaOne’s customer-obsessed culture, so I’m thrilled to promote him to SVP of global sales where he’ll continue to drive outstanding results for our customers, our partners, and the company.” Andre added: “Even after six years as a Ninja, I continue to be inspired by our culture and commitment to making our customers successful. No matter their region or industry, IT teams and MSPs are facing the momentous task of managing and securing the growing number of endpoints and devices their employees use. I am truly honored to lead our global and EMEA teams to continue to make our customers the most successful in industry.”

Andre Schindler senior vice president of global sales

ninjaone.com

WithSecure appoints Samantha Cotton as head of channel UK&I

in the UK.” said Dean Porter, regional VP at WithSecure. “Good partnerships are at the heart of our business. This appointment underscores the importance we place in supporting our network of partners and providing them with the best value and highest levels of service to grow their business.” Samantha added: “Businesses face a host of new challenges in discovering and acting on cyber threats. They need solutions which provide fast and effective action, and their partners are a vital lifeline in supporting them with this. “WithSecure stands out in the market not only for its service innovation and best-in class cyber security products, but also for recognising the importance of working together with its partner network. I’m looking forward to continuing to make sure we bring this value to even more partners across the region.”

WithSecure has appointed Samantha Cotton as head of channel for UK & Ireland. The new appointment demonstrates WithSecure’s commitment to bolstering relations with existing partners. Samantha will play a pivotal role as WithSecure continues to expand its partner network and build on growing demand for its cyber security products and services. Bringing more than a decade of experience in cyber security, Samantha is a highly accomplished executive sales and partner leader. Samantha joins WithSecure from Bitdefender and previously held channel manager roles at Claranet and e92plus – creating, executing and growing their partner sales strategy and base of regional channel partners. “Samantha’s experience and market knowledge makes her the ideal leader as we focus on the next phase of channel growth

Samantha Cotton head of channel, UK and Ireland

withsecure.com

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