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Kinly appoints first global people director
Kinly, a provider of AV integration and collaboration services and support, has announced that Katy Thorpe has been appointed the company’s global people director. Having been HR director for the UK region for the past three years, Katy has a practical understanding of the challenges Kinly’s regions face — knowledge that will be invaluable moving into this strategic global role. With the company recently opening new offices in Germany and Switzerland and projecting significant global growth and expansion in the year ahead, the global people director will be a central figure within the organisation, developing and executing plans that benefit Kinly’s people across the globe. “Investing in our people and building a stronger company culture is something that Kinly has always kept front of mind, and with the appointment of Katy as global people director, we take another step in showing
Kinly’s commitment to caring for its people as it continues to scale,” said CEO Tom Martin. Katy added: “Kinly’s people give a lot to the business and we want to be able to give back. My, and all of the HR heads, focus for 2023 is to listen to what our employees want from the company, working together to collectively deliver succession plans and career paths. We have huge amounts of talent in our business who can support, coach and mentor one another and we need to ensure this is at the forefront of how we work and deliver. “We will be looking to grow the business with a people-first approach: addressing issues like the skills gap and looking at ways for apprentices and more graduates to join Kinly, all the while keeping sight of our dedicated employees who have grown up with the brand and continue to help us out perform. Kinly’s strength is in its people and I am so happy to be able to help every one of them through this new global role.”
Katy Thorpe global people director
kinly.com
Scality appoints Peter Brennan as CRO
File and object storage space provider Scality has appointed experienced former HPE executive, Peter Brennan, as chief revenue officer (CRO). Scality’s addition of the CRO role reflects its mission to capture increasing market share in the thriving file and object storage space. Expanding growth activities worldwide, Peter will lead sales and marketing efforts to maximise revenue with an emphasis on partners and the channel. “Peter and I share an unfaltering belief that serving the channel serves the customer and, ultimately, maximises your success,” said Jerome Lecat, Scality CEO. “Scality’s growth is strong and steady, and we are primed to meet the new business realities — realities that are unequivocally calling for object storage. The stars were aligned when we secured such a high-calibre executive as Peter. I have every confidence he is the right person to take us to the next level of growth.” With more than 20 years of data storage leadership, Peter will lean on his experience bringing hybrid-cloud, hyper-converged and data storage businesses into a new era to
broaden Scality’s reach. During the last three years at HPE, he successfully transitioned a multi-billion dollar business from a pure-play infrastructure sale into an as-a-Service model. Prior to this, Peter led a worldwide specialist sales organisation for VMware, focused on hyper-converged and hybrid-cloud solutions. The business grew to more than 20,000 customers and became the second fastest billion-dollar run rate solution in company history. He has also held channel and sales leadership positions at HPE, LeftHand Networks, Opsware, CommVault and EMC. “Scality’s technology has the enterprise- scale capabilities that stand above a crowded object storage market space,” explained Peter. “I’ve seen what goes on behind the scenes, and loyal customers trust Scality for guidance. In addition, our affordable mid- market ARTESCA solution has increased revenue opportunities for partners — bringing enterprise-class features within the reach of more customers. It’s a perfect mix for expansion, and I look forward to extending our partner-first approach to achieve Scality’s growth objectives.”
Peter Brennan CRO
scality.com
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