Appointments

Coolwave Communications has appointed Alistair Popham as its Business Development Director. Popham will support Coolwave’s next phase of growth as it enables customers to embed bespoke voice and messaging services into their applications, platforms and solutions. Popham has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and most recently held …

CommScope Holding Company, Inc., has announced John “Jack” Carlson as Chief Commercial Officer. Carlson will lead the company’s global organisation of go-to-market professionals, including direct and indirect sales, customer experience and marketing. He will be responsible for the development and growth of CommScope’s sales and marketing operations, executing on the …

Axell Wireless has appointed Simon Cosgrove as its new CEO, to spearhead the company’s international growth and development into new markets. The appointment follows the acquisition of Axell Wireless by Rcapital in June 2020. Andrew Littlejohns, Rcapital Operating Partner, formerly of Vodafone Plc, also joins as Chairman to work closely …

Network Group (NG), has appointed two new hires to its team. Anne-Marie Harpur joins as Operations Manager responsible for analysing and improving organisational processes, working to improve quality, productivity and efficiency for the benefit of our Member companies. Harpur brings 20 years project management experience, taking new business and customer …

 VMware, Inc. has appointed Andrew Corcoran as Director of UK & Ireland Partner and Channel Sales. In his new role, he will play a pivotal role in supporting VMware’s promising Partner Connect momentum and sales strategy through developing innovative solutions for partners. Corcoran brings deep channel and IT expertise with …

Mark Laurie has been appointed as Hotdrop’s new head of business development at the gaming and esports creative marketing agency. Laurie will be leaving his current role as Marketing Director at Utopia Computers after 14 years to embark on the new venture with the UK-based startup. Heather Dower, Hotdrop Founder …

 (ISC)² has appointed Minerva Elite Performance as its Official Training Provider programme for the UK, to deliver its official (ISC)2 certification preparation training to cybersecurity professionals in the region.  Minerva Elite Performance provides quality assured training programmes for corporate clients, health and wellbeing organisations, and military communities. It is a veteran-owned …

Privitar has appointed Steve Totman as its new Chief Product Officer (CPO). Totman joins Privitar’s executive team with a 20+ years’ background in large-scale data processing, data architecture design and product and engineering, holding previous roles at Cloudera, IBM and Syncsort (now Precisely). He will oversee Privitar’s overall product strategy …

Connectivity solutions specialist, CommScope Inc. has appointed Charles “Chuck” Treadway as president and chief executive officer. This appointment comes as a result of  longstanding, former president and chief executive officer Eddie Edwards stepping down after 15 years of service to the company. Treadway has a successful background in growing multiple …

Okta, Inc. has appointed Susan St. Ledger as president of worldwide field operations. St. Ledger will join Okta’s executive management team and report to Todd McKinnon, CEO and co-founder. St. Ledger will start at Okta on February 1, 2021 and Charles Race, Okta’s current president of worldwide field operations who …