Changes in the Channel: Leadership Moves and Shakeups April 27 – May 01

The channel is all about people - and we're tracking who they are, what they're doing, and where they're making an impact. Instead of sprinkling these people-focused announcements across various roundups, we're pulling them all together into one weekly story.

And here are the people moves we've tracked during the week of April 27 - May 01.

Forward Edge-AI appoints Dionis Taveras as SVP of sales and channel partners: Forward Edge-AI has named Dionis Taveras to lead channel, reseller, OEM, and strategic partnership initiatives as it expands its commercial cybersecurity and quantum-resilient offerings. Taveras brings experience building global alliance and go-to-market programs, most recently serving at Dell Technologies as Global Head of Alliances and GTM for Project Fort Zero.

Kiteworks appoints Julia Rasekhi as SVP of strategic partnerships and strategy: Kiteworks has named Julia Rasekhi to lead alliances with technology vendors and global systems integrators as it scales enterprise adoption of its private data exchange platform. Rasekhi joins from Oracle, where she spent more than 17 years leading corporate development, product partnerships, and licensing initiatives. She also previously held partnership and alliance roles at Hewlett-Packard, Interwoven, and 3Com.

Nudge Security appoints Patrick Dillon as chief revenue officer: Nudge Security has named Patrick Dillon as its first CRO to oversee global sales, customer success, partner programs, and revenue operations as demand grows for SaaS and AI governance. Dillon brings more than two decades of go-to-market leadership across cybersecurity and enterprise software. Most recently, he served as CRO at Airlock Digital and previously held leadership roles at Saviynt, BeyondTrust, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Moderne appoints Matt Finkelstein as chief partnerships officer: Moderne has named GitHub veteran Matt “Fink” Finkelstein as chief partnerships officer to scale its hyperscaler, channel and systems integrator strategy. Finkelstein spent more than 10 years at GitHub, most recently leading global Microsoft, partner and services solution sales, where he helped build co-sell, services and channel motions around enterprise AI developer tools.

Thrive appoints Matt Kosovsky as chief financial officer: Thrive has named Matt Kosovsky to lead financial strategy and operational planning as it expands its MSP, MSSP, cloud, and AI services business.Kosovsky joins Thrive with experience supporting high-growth, private equity-backed companies, most recently serving in an operating role at Berkshire Partners and previously holding advisory positions at Deloitte.

ISG Technology appoints Joe Macchiarella as COO and Jay Nalli as VP of sales and marketing: ISG has added Joe Macchiarella and Jay Nalli to its executive leadership team as it expands its managed services platform for midmarket customers. Macchiarella will oversee operational execution, service delivery, and organizational alignment across ISG’s managed IT, cloud, and cybersecurity business. Nalli will lead go-to-market strategy, partner relationships, and market positioning as demand for midmarket managed services continues to grow.

Armadin adds George Kurtz to board of directors: Armadin has appointed George Kurtz, founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, as an independent member of its board of directors. Kurtz brings more than 30 years of cybersecurity leadership experience, including prior roles as worldwide chief technology officer at McAfee and founder of Foundstone. At Armadin, his experience in offensive security, platform commercialization and enterprise security will support the company’s push to address exploitable risk across the attack surface.

Point Wild appoints Neill Feather as CEO: Point Wild has named Neill Feather as CEO. Feather previously served as president and COO, where he led operational scaling, M&A activity, and platform growth across the company’s cybersecurity portfolio. Before joining Point Wild, he was CEO of SiteLock, helping grow the company into a large-scale website security provider through expansion and acquisitions.