HPE Names Simon Ewington VP of Worldwide Distribution

January 25, 2021

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced Simon Ewington will serve as the new vice president of worldwide distribution at HPE. Ewington will replace George Hope, who was promoted in September 2020.

On September 30, 2020, HPE appointed George Hope, HPE’s former VP of worldwide distribution, to the role of worldwide head of partner sales, succeeding Paul Hunter and leaving the VP of worldwide distribution role vacant, as ChannelE2E reported. Hope continued in the role in the interim while HPE searched for a replacement.

HPE Appoints Simon Ewington as Vice President of Worldwide Distribution

In a blog post announcing Ewington’s appointment, Hope says he will “… work closely with him to empower distributors to further monetize and embrace as-a-service selling strategies, while helping our shared channel partners deliver superior business outcomes to customers.” Hope says Ewington's prior experience at HPE “… enabling the channel transformation from a transactional to an outcome-focused business and his track record of driving consistent growth make him a natural leader for our worldwide distribution business.”

Ewington joined Hewlett-Packard in 1993, and has held numerous international management positions and has deep channel experience, including distribution and channel sales leader, EMEA, between 2014 and 2017. Most recently, he led the Graphics Solutions business at HP Inc, managing a significant volume of channel-led business, according to Hope.

“As more than 80 percent of our indirect business goes through distribution, I’m confident in Simon’s ability to help drive long-term, sustainable, and profitable growth with partners -- executing on HPE’s edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service vision," Hope says.

Sharon Florentine

Sharon is a master technology storyteller and editor with omnichannel experience: books and print magazines, digital, webcast, blogging, podcast, live events and video and associated brand-specific social media content. From 1999 to 2003, she acquired and edited technology books and certification exam prep guides.

After a year spent in publicity and editorial at mass-market book publishers, she returned to tech publishing and, since 2004, explored B2C and B2B news, issues and trends in consumer, lifestyle, software, software development, AI, ML, networks, big data, hardware, security, storage, cloud, equity, inclusion, diversity, women in tech, career development, IT management, H-1B visa issues and immigration, education, training and learning.

Her previous role was as the managing editor at Techstrong Group in charge of Cloud Native Now, DevOps.com, Security Boulevard and Techstrong ITSM and their brand-specific social media. She currently serves as editorial director for CyberRisk Alliance’s channel brands, ChannelE2E and MSSP Alert and acting editorial director for SC Media UK. Drop me a note and let’s talk!