Christian Jehle, chief financial officer at Computacenter is stepping down “by mutual agreement with the company, and with immediate effect”, says the international VAR and service provider.
Until a successor is found, Jehle's responsibilities will be covered by the broader finance team alongside the executive management. Jehle had taken the CFO reins from long-term incumbent Tony Conophy, who retired in 2022. Jehle had previoulsy been CFO and executive director for the UK & Ireland division at Experian. He had also served at Accenture, First Data, SAP, and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
-Customer experience technology provider Genesys has appointed Stuart Templeton to lead the company’s sales and customer engagement strategy across the UK and Ireland.
With a track record of driving sales and more than 25 years of enterprise technology experience, Templeton is well positioned to help Genesys continue scaling its cloud and artificial intelligence business, and increase digital adoption in the region, said the provider.
He joins Genesys from Ironclad, where he served as general manager, international. Prior to that, Templeton was at Slack, where he served as head of UK and Ireland, and at Salesforce, where his roles included regional vice president of financial services.
-Managed service provider Node4 has announced that Richard Moseley will take over as CEO of the firm. Moseley will replace Andy Gilbert, founder of Node4, who will move into the president role and become a board member. Moseley most recently served as general manager at Rapid7.
-UKG, a provider of HR, payroll, workforce management, and culture solutions, says Suresh Vittal will join as chief product officer, beginning on 20 January, 2025. Vittal will lead the company’s global product strategy and development, including user experience and cloud operations, for the more than 80,000 organisations that use UKG products across 150 countries.
Vittal will serve on the UKG executive leadership team and report directly to CEO Jennifer Morgan. The appointment will further elevate and accelerate the UKG product roadmap with a continued focus on embedding artificial intelligence.
Vittal has spent more than 20 years in the software-as-a-service industry, including most recently as CPO of Alteryx, a specialist in automated and AI analytics, where he led the product, engineering, design, and development teams. Before Alteryx, Vittal spent nearly a decade at Adobe, rising to senior vice president of platform and products for the Adobe Experience Cloud.
-Virtuozzo has seen the return of its founder and leaders to the saddle, as it repositions itself as an alternative cloud service provider for MSPs, particularly those wanting to deliver alternative services to VMware and Nutanix.
The company is “implementing a new strategy to equip service providers with full system management, cloud automation, and multi-level delegation panels to help them grow their profits”, said Virtuozzo. “This development will significantly benefit both the company and its partners.”
Those returning include Virtuozzo founder, Serg Bell, who will become its chief executive officer and “chief constructor”. He previously founded Parallels, Plesk, Acumatica, and Acronis.
“One of the top priorities of Virtuozzo is helping our partners grow in profitability by increasing revenue, reducing churn, improving net retention, adding new customers, and driving new ARR growth. One of the key solutions to achieving this goal is Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure, a proven, profitable, and efficient replacement for VMware and Nutanix,” said Bell.
Bell will be joined by Jan-Jaap Jager, who will be chief operating officer and president, and who previously held a leadership role at Virtuozzo. Jager brings extensive knowledge from leading roles at Parallels, Acronis, PlusServer and Chainstack.
The leadership team will be further strengthened by Oleg Melnikov, a co-founder of Parallels and current CTO at Acronis, who joins as chief automation officer.
Alex Fine, the former Virtuozzo CEO, will remain with the company as chief revenue advisor.
-Verne, the provider of sustainably-powered HPC data centres across the Nordics, and Ardian, a private investment house, have announced that Bill Stein, former CEO of Digital Realty Trust, has been appointed as chair of Verne’s board of directors as it continues to build out its data centre footprint.
The appointment comes ten months after Ardian acquired Verne.
Previously announced hires…
Email security provider EasyDMARC has capped off a transformative year by welcoming cyber industry veteran Courtney Austin as vice president of marketing, to spearhead its next stage of growth.
EasyDMARC has doubled its partner ecosystem this year, and has reported a 200% uptick in customers. This growth was marked by milestones, such as a $20m Series A funding round, and the addition of its global channel growth lead Allan Richards.
Courtney Austin brings over 20 years of experience leading international marketing teams in global cybersecurity and information security firms. He has held leadership roles at RSA, LexisNexis Risk, 1E, CrowdSec, Recorded Future, and ThreatMetrix. At EasyDMARC, Austin will spearhead the company’s global marketing strategy and community engagement, managing an expanding global team across the US, the UK, Spain, Ireland, and Armenia.
“Email remains the primary entry point for cyberattacks, and EasyDMARC is uniquely positioned to help businesses defend against these threats with ease and efficiency,” said Austin. “Email providers like Google and Yahoo are increasingly mandating DMARC, so it has become essential not only for security, but also for ensuring reliable email deliverability.”
-Microsoft services specialist Avanade is calling on mid-market organisations to rethink their approach to AI adoption, emphasising the “critical importance” of valuing people to achieve real success.
Insights from Avanade’s latest report reveal a perception that mid-market organisations see AI as a cost-cutting tool, often at the expense of their workforce. With mid-market expectations of up to a four-fold return on AI investment within just 12 months, Avanade cautions that such gains are achievable only through a balanced strategy - one that “harnesses the power of AI alongside the unique value of human talent”.
Drawing on the insights from 4,100 IT and senior business decision makers, Avanade’s Trendlines: AI Value Report 2025, shows 84% of respondents perceive their organisation’s investment in AI to be about finding cost savings and efficiencies through the replacement of employees, a view consistent across different industries, countries, roles, and seniority levels.
But, Avanade has been clear in its response to the data, issuing a warning that “focusing on cost-cutting hinders growth, while a human-centred approach boosts ROI”.
-Cyber Monks, a cyber marketplace for small- and medium-sized enterprise cybersecurity solutions, has announced the addition of Jane Frankland – a cybersecurity expert, thought leader, and advocate for diversity in tech - as its newest “ambassador”.
In the role, Frankland will spearhead plans to elevate digital safety and fund initiatives benefiting SMEs, emerging startups, and women-led businesses. Her focus will be on helping these groups understand their cyber risk posture, enhance their cybersecurity practices, and build resilience against digital threats.
-The Noledge Group, the Irish and UK-based ERP solutions specialist, has appointed Chris Hawley as managing director for the UK. The Noledge Group incorporates Envisage, a leading Sage Partner, and OSSM, an Oracle NetSuite Solution Provider.
In his new role, Hawley will lead The Noledge Group’s expansion in the UK. The group recently announced it’s investing £1.5m over the next three years to expand its services in the market, including the creation of ten jobs in Newcastle, North East England
Prior to joining The Noledge Group, he spent nearly 25 years with Newcastle-headquartered Sage, most recently as senior commercial manager. He has also established and led several financial services and consultancy businesses.
-Network security and compliance assurance services firm Titania has appointed Victoria Dimmick as CEO. She brings strategic and operational expertise from multiple firms, including Piriform - the makers of CCleaner - Intechnica, Netacea, and, most recently, Maltego.
-Forcepoint has named Rick Hanson as president of go-to-market. In the newly created role, reporting directly to CEO Ryan Windham, Hanson unifies the company’s sales and customer success teams.
Hanson brings more than 30 years of leadership experience and two decades as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Most recently, he served as president at Delinea, where he spearheaded global go-to-market strategies across sales, marketing, customer success, and professional services.
His previous roles include chief revenue officer at Brightcove, and executive positions at CA Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Symantec, and RSA. Hanson began his career in the US Air Force, and later served as IT director for US Customs and Border Protection.
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