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Changes in the Channel: Leadership Moves and Shakeups July 13 – July 17

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 other roundups, we're pulling them all together into one weekly story.

And here are the people moves we've tracked during the week of July 13 - July 17.


N-able appoints Russell Rosa as chief revenue officer: N-able has named Russell Rosa chief revenue officer to lead its global sales organization, channel, and partner ecosystem, support, and sales operations as the company expands its channel-first cybersecurity strategy. Rosa brings more than 25 years of sales and channel leadership experience and joins from Sumo Logic, where he served as chief revenue officer, with previous leadership roles at Cisco, Actifio, and VCE.

New Relic appoints Hein Hellemons as chief revenue officer: New Relic has named Hein Hellemons chief revenue officer to lead its global sales, commercial, and partner channel organizations as the company expands its observability business. Hellemons joins from Darktrace, where he also served as chief revenue officer, and brings more than 25 years of go-to-market leadership experience across AWS, Microsoft, and VMware.

Dynanet appoints Ana Lombera as chief operating officer: Dynanet has promoted Ana Lombera to chief operating officer, where she will oversee day-to-day operations, corporate strategy execution and operational performance across the company's federal IT and consulting business. Lombera previously served as vice president of strategy and operations and has spent the past eight years leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, while longtime COO Bill Gillan has been named chairman and will focus on corporate governance and long-term strategy.

F5 appoints Cathy Peterman as executive vice president and chief people officer: F5 has named Cathy Peterman executive vice president and chief people officer to lead its global people strategy, talent development, organizational design, and culture. Peterman joins from Wayfair, where she served as chief people officer for the technology organization and led AI transformation and talent development across the company, following six years in HR leadership roles at Amazon.

CodeHunter appoints Stephen McCarney as chief strategy officer: CodeHunter has named Stephen McCarney chief strategy officer to lead corporate strategy, market expansion, strategic partnerships, and go-to-market execution as the company grows its Zero Trust for Code platform. McCarney joins from Merlin Group, where he served as chief marketing officer, and previously held leadership roles at OPAQ Networks, Arxan Technologies, and Unisys, with experience spanning Zero Trust, SASE, and cloud security.

Thrive appoints Joe Mercurio as chief revenue officer: Thrive has named Joe Mercurio chief revenue officer to lead its global revenue strategy across sales, customer success, channel partnerships, and go-to-market execution. Mercurio joins from ConnectWise, where he also served as chief revenue officer, and previously held senior sales and channel leadership roles at Mimecast, Dell, EMC, and RSA Security.


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