Changes in the Channel: People Moves and Shakeups March 02 – March 06

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 March 02 - March 06.

SentinelOne appoints Sonalee Parekh as CFO: SentinelOne has appointed Sonalee Parekh as chief financial officer. Parekh brings more than 25 years of experience across public software and technology companies. She most recently served as CFO of Asana and previously held the CFO role at RingCentral, including senior finance leadership roles at HPE.

Conifers AI appoints Doron Bachar as VP of R&D and Elad Hoffer as VP of product: Conifers AI has named Doron Bachar as vice president of research and development and Elad Hoffer as vice president of product. Bachar brings more than 20 years of experience leading software development and technology programs and previously held senior technology roles at Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office. Hoffer, most recently served as head of core product at Salt Security.

Trellix appoints Alex Au Yeung as chief product officer and Zach Nelson as CHRO: Trellix has named Alex Au Yeung as chief product officer and Zach Nelson as chief human resources officer as the company looks to advance its cyber resilience strategy. Au Yeung brings more than two decades of technology and product leadership experience and most recently served as CPO at Axiad. Nelson previously served as chief human resources officer at CAI Software.

MorganFranklin Cyber appoints Geoff Hauge as managing director for financial services: MorganFranklin Cyber has named Geoffrey B. Hauge as managing director, financial services. Hauge brings more than 20 years of cybersecurity and information risk leadership experience and previously held roles at Edgile, Wipro, Ernst & Young and Deloitte. He also served in executive cybersecurity roles at major financial institutions, including as CISO at Santander Holdings USA and Citizens Financial Group.

JumpCloud appoints Roland Palmer as CISO and VP of security: JumpCloud has named Roland Palmer as chief information security officer and vice president of security to lead the company’s global security strategy. Palmer brings more than 20 years of security leadership experience and most recently served as vice president of security and compliance at Sumo Logic, where he led global security operations and integrated compliance into engineering workflows.

Pax8 appoints Rohit Chakravarthy as chief accounting officer: Pax8 has named Rohit Chakravarthy as chief accounting officer in a newly created role overseeing the company’s global accounting function. Chakravarthy brings more than 25 years of experience building and leading finance and accounting teams across technology-driven businesses. He previously held senior finance leadership roles at both public and private companies in the SaaS, semiconductor and enterprise technology sectors.

Google hires former Nvidia executive Matthew Hull as VP of AI infrastructure go-to-market: Google has hired Matthew Hull as vice president of AI infrastructure go-to-market. Hull spent eight years at Nvidia, most recently serving as vice president of global AI solutions. Before joining Nvidia in 2017, Hull held leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard and HPE and previously managed global sales and alliances at Seagate Technology.

Qlik names Michael Gray as SVP of global channels and alliances: Qlik has appointed Michael Gray as senior vice president of global channels and alliances to lead the company’s worldwide partner strategy. Gray joins the data analytics and integration company from Arctera, where he served as vice president of global channels and alliances. He previously held leadership roles at Veritas Technologies and Oracle, including regional vice president positions focused on cloud solutions, alliances and channels, and earlier spent 16 years in leadership roles at IBM.

Vectra AI appoints Chad Reese as SVP and global channel chief: Vectra AI has named Chad Reese as senior vice president and global channel chief to lead its worldwide partner strategy. Reese brings more than 25 years of experience building and scaling global channel organizations and will focus on expanding the company’s ecosystem across solution providers, systems integrators, MSSPs, distributors and strategic alliance partners.

Cyberhaven appoints Iulia Stefoi-Silver as VP of technology alliances and strategy: Cyberhaven has named Iulia Stefoi-Silver as vice president of technology alliances and strategy. Stefoi-Silver brings more than a decade of experience in data protection and security partnerships and previously worked in product and ecosystem roles focused on building integrations across data security and collaboration platforms.

Sandler Partners appoints Miranda Paine as director of channel for Southern California: Sandler Partners has named Miranda Paine as director of channel for Southern California to support and expand its regional partner ecosystem. Paine brings channel experience across both supplier and partner-focused roles, with expertise in network infrastructure and telephony.