Channel Brief: ConnectWise Makes Leadership Changes

ConnectWise Monday announced that it is making some leadership changes, and CRN is reporting that CTO Raghu Bongula is out, along with Jake Varghese, executive vice president and general manager; Ameer Karim, executive vice president and general manager, cybersecurity and data protection; and Rafael Marty, executive vice president and general manager, cybersecurity, who all left the company Monday.

At IT Nation last year, then-new CEO Manny Rivelos said the company's Asio platform was "ready for prime time," and it seems the changes are aimed at accelerating innovation around Asio.

CRN said a ConnectWise spokesperson told them that " ... David Raissipour, chief product and technology officer, continues to drive the next phase of platform innovation,” the spokesperson said. “As part of this evolution, Jeff Bishop has been promoted to EVP of product management, taking on an expanded role in leading product strategy and execution for PSA and RMM.”

In December, a Canalys report found that, for the first time ever, dating back 29 years, ConnectWise relinquished the number-one market share slot for RMM to Kaseya. That's a big deal.

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Today’s Tech, Channel and MSP News

1. KnowBe4 hires new EVP of customer success: Risk management and cybersecurity training firm KnowBe4 has hired Werner Wehmeyer as its new executive vice president of customer success. Wehmeyer has over 20 years of experience in various customer success and sales leadership roles, and will be responsible for building, developing and leading the global customer success team. Previously, Wehmeyer was Head of Customer Success and Renewals for VMWare Tanzu. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Johannesburg. Congratulations!

2. Asimily launches IoT patching solution: IoT, OT and IoMT risk management firm Asimily today launched an IoT Patching solution, enabling customers to automate, standardize, and streamline firmware updates across their connected device ecosystems. The new capability mitigates risk by keeping heterogeneous IoT device fleets continually updated with the latest security patches.

3. IP Fabric releases version 7.0: Automated network assurance platform company IP Fabric today announced the release of Version 7.0, designed to simplify compliance and strengthen multi-cloud resilience. IP Fabric 7.0 delivers a full end-to-end view of infrastructure and intelligent analytics, including automation, AI, cloud migration, and SD-WAN. This gives teams what they need to execute service delivery, proactively secure and protect business continuity, plan and manage budgets, and optimize processes across domains.

4. Endor Labs, GitHub integration: Open source software security firm Endor Labs this week announced a partnership with GitHub that helps application security teams and developers accurately identify and remediate the most serious security vulnerabilities from within GitHub. The partnership will see Endor Labs SCA integrated into GitHub Advanced Security, and will allow customers to secure code and prioritize high-risk vulnerabilities, the companies said.

5. Gigamon names new CFO, engineering leadership: Observability firm Gigamon has named Tony Jarjoura to the role of chief financial officer (CFO) and Ram Bhide as SVP of engineering. As newly appointed CFO, Jarjoura will lead the global finance team and accounting operations. He joined Gigamon in 2020 and has held the positions of vice president of revenue operations, vice president of finance and corporate controller, and most recently interim CFO. Bhide will lead the company's product engineering teams across software and hardware, reporting to chief product and development officer Michael Dickman. Prior to joining Gigamon, Bhide served as associate vice president of software engineering at Arista Networks, where he led the development of next-generation security solutions to expand the company’s product portfolio. He previously served as vice president of engineering and customer advocacy at SDN pioneer Pluribus Networks, which was acquired by Arista. Prior to these roles, Bhide spent more than 20 years in various engineering and software development roles, including as vice president of engineering overseeing flagship products at Cisco. Bhide holds five technology patents and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology. Congratulations!

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