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Tanium appoints new SVP of global partner sales
Tanium has appointed industry veteran Tony Beller to its channel team. As senior vice president of global partner sales, Tony will be responsible for leading the company’s next phase of channel growth and expanding a robust service provider and partner ecosystem that spans global system integrators, MSPs and distribution partners. As former Cloud Software Group (Citrix & TIBCO) senior vice president, Tony was responsible for overseeing the emerging market territories comprising Latin America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Japan and ANZ and managing enterprise, commercial accounts and channels. Prior to this, he helped Anaplan build a strategic partner ecosystem that drove more than 45% of the partner business globally and launched new go- to-market channels globally. Tony has also led channel teams and global initiatives at ServiceNow and Salesforce, and held various executive positions at Taleo, Oracle and PeopleSoft. “Partners are a key pillar of our strategic growth strategy and play a pivotal role
in Tanium’s long-term success as we expand our market reach and presence around the world,” said Tyker Fagg, chief revenue officer, Tanium. “Bringing on world class leadership to drive the success of our partners and increase opportunities worldwide is part of our commitment to delivering one of the best channel partner programs in the industry. Tony’s extensive background and global perspective is second to none and will undoubtedly provide innovative insights and strategies to drive shared success for customers and partners.” Tony added: “Tanium’s partner ecosystem is an impressive roster of the largest and most innovative brands in the market, and a key differentiator that drew me to Tanium. The opportunity to work with partners to drive growth, innovation and customer success is monumental. I look forward to strengthening and expanding a program that delivers proven solutions that provide customers the visibility and security needed to defend themselves and others against crippling cyberattacks.”
Tony Beller senior vice president, global sales
tanium.com
TD SYNNEX announces new Advanced Solutions UK&I MD
TD SYNNEX has announced that Simon Bennett, currently senior director, enterprise software and cloud, UK and Ireland, is being promoted to managing director, Advanced Solutions, UK&I. Simon will take up his position when the current managing director, Matt Child, moves into his new role leading TD SYNNEX’s European digital strategy in December. Simon has been with the company since the 2009 acquisition of SDG, where he was an internal sales and operations manager. He then developed his career with TD SYNNEX from sales general manager to business unit director and, since 2019, has been senior director of enterprise software and cloud in Advanced Solutions. He brings a range of hybrid technology and infrastructure vendor experience, having been responsible in his previous business unit director roles for Dell Technologies, IBM, Lenovo DCG and Nutanix. Simon also has great experience in enterprise software and cloud vendors, including VMware, Citrix,
Veeam, Veritas, Open Text and Adobe and also hyperscalers like Microsoft, AWS, Google and Oracle. Simon said he was “really excited” to be taking on his new role. “Over the last four years, Matt has built a fantastic team with incredible depth of capability,” he said. “He has established the Advanced Solutions business as a leader in the enablement and aggregation of emerging technologies and a genuinely trusted advisor for channel partners. I look forward to continuing and building on that success and taking the business into the next exciting phase of its development.” Matt added: “I know that I am handing the reins over to someone who, as well as possessing tremendous energy and drive, being full of ideas and a talent for inspiring others, is also a clear and incisive strategic thinker. I’m certain that, with his passionate and innovative approach, Simon will lead the Advanced Solutions business in the UK&I to even greater heights.”
Simon Bennett managing director, Advanced Solutions, UK&I
uk.tdsynnex.com
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