Our Tech Talent Tracker rounds up all the people movements within APAC's technology industry this past six weeks. Send your appointment news to editors@techpartner.news
For our sister series covering mergers and acquisitions, click here.
Microsoft names new MD for New Zealand
Nick Walton returns to Microsoft after leading Slalom in New Zealand, building its local business.
Akamai appoints Louis Tague as regional VP and MD of ANZ
He brings more than 20 years of enterprise technology sales and leadership experience in ANZ, holding senior leadership roles at CrowdStrike, Google Cloud Security, Mandiant and Veritas.
Netskope's SVP for APJ departs
He first joined the company as regional sales director based out of Boston, Massachusetts, responsible for Netskope's expansion in the New England region of the United States.
MongoDB appoints Richard Scott as SVP of APJ
Scott, who joins from Salesforce where he held the same APJ senior vice president role, will lead MongoDB's regional strategy across the Asia Pacific and Japan region.
Joe Craparotta takes over as CEO of Leading Edge Data Centres
He joins after close to two decades with Schneider Electric in a career that began as a northern region manager at APC by Schneider Electric.
Jabra's VP and MD for ANZ embarks on new adventure
He joined the company in 2015 after having been regional manager of sales, and prior to this, senior account manager, for Cisco.
Cisco promotes Rodney Hamill and Mary Armstrong
Hamill was promoted to MD – south, leading the sales teams across VIC, ACT and TAS, while Armstrong was elevated to Cisco’s director of sales; service, software and growth acceleration.
Vocus appoints chief AI officer
Ben Chan will lead the telco's' consumer business as well as the company-wide AI strategy and center of excellence.
The TSP Advisory adds Ryan Spillane as CCO
He will work directly with owners and leadership teams to deliver advisory engagements focused on governance, growth strategy, value creation, and business transition planning.
Kinetic IT's chief solutions officer departs
Brett Roberts first joined the company in 2002, taking various operations management, team lead, technical and projects-based roles before becoming service delivery manager in 2006.
Identifly's chief strategy officer for APAC moves on
Aaron Finnis koined three years ago after serving as group IT security manager for Flinders Port Holdings.
Snowflake names Adrian De Luca VP of APJ solution engineering
He will look to increase adoption of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud across APJ, with a focus on supporting enterprise customers to unlock more value from their data.
TechnologyOne's COO set to depart in November
Stuart Macdonald will become CEO of ASX-listed technology company Hansen Technologies.
Integrated ICT promotes Lachlan Gardiner to CCO
The company also announced a pair of other executive-level changes to "support the next phase of growth" - Dave Whettingsteel takes over as CEO, while Brad Zemke was named COO.
Ricoh Australia elevates Tina Economou to MD
She will lead the company's evolution as a workplace technology and managed services partner to help customers simplify and improve the way they manage their technology environments.
Lumify Group appoints Darren Cook as CEO
He is joined by Ayisha Tufail, appointed chief operating officer - professional capability, and Joshua Cameron, appointed chief operating officer - careers.
Jands appoints Geoff Smith as chief executive officer
Smith has spent 24 years with Jands, most recently as chief operating officer, where he held responsibility for strategy, people, operations and supply for more than five years.
CEO of Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association to depart
Members of the ATA and the AMTA recently approved the merger of the two organisations.
He joined the company at the start of 2019 after six-plus years at Qualys, where his final role was MD of APAC.
Scyne Advisory appoints Michelle Perugini as MD
She joins from Adelaide University, where she has served as director of research translation and chief executive of AU Ventures.
Diego Nievas joins HPE as ANZ regional CTO
He joins after serving as Atturra Managed Services' CTO for the last year, serving as the CTO of Plan B prior to this, which Atturra acquired at the end of 2024.
Gavin Lewis becomes CTO of Rapid Circle
Since the start of 2024, he's also served as the company's solutions specialist.
Google Cloud's head of AI GTM for ANZ departs
Hari Srinivasan joined the company in 2020 as the company's the key retail account director before taking over as head of Digital Natives Growth.
Versent's head of digital and AI moves on
He first joined in February 2017 as principal consultant for cloud, taking over as technical director for cloud just over a year later.
Slipstream Cyber's director of cyber security practice departs
Steve MacDonald now joins Skillfield - a Melbourne-born cyber security, AI and big data solutions provider and professional services consultancy - as the company's director of sales.
Deloitte's Pranav Agrawal joins INGRITY as VP
He will lead strategic transformation initiatives across the company's client base, helping them embrace digital, AI and data-driven innovation.
Alex West lands at Critical Infrastructure Consulting
He was previously chief executive at Swoop, a role he held for six-and-a-half years.
Hosted Network appoints Anthony Rosa as director of sales
He will have responsibility for sales team performance, revenue growth and partner engagement across its base of MSP partners.
CyberCX's David Keller joins Varonis as APJ channel leader
He was previously at CyberCX for close to seven years, most recently as an executive director for the last year.
Marina Brook becomes Sophos' director of channel for ANZ
She joined the company four years ago in the role of SMB channel sales manager for ANZ before rising to the role of director of commercial sales for APJ around a year ago.
Cohesity names new regional director of sales for ANZ
He joins after 12 years at Commvault, where he began as territory manager for QLD/NT in 2014.
Data#3's Paula Fountain to join HP
She will take over as the company's new commercial channel director, starting 12 October.
Gino Granata becomes ECI Software Solutions' inaugural APAC channel manager
He will have the job of expanding ECI’s channel program, as well as driving specialist enablement programs to help partners unlock new revenue streams, scale their consulting practices and sell, deploy and service ECI’s Deacom, M1 and JobBOSS² ERP solutions.
ServiceNow's Matt Bolton joins Adobe
He joined ServiceNow just under seven years ago as senior director of alliance and channels ecosystem for ANZ.
Cloudwerx grows senior team with trio of hires
Ashleigh Sword joins as chief growth officer, Kylie Willett is appointed product director of Tesseract Design and Supriya Shonnard is appointed product director of Tesseract Delivery.
Matthew Taylor rejoins Ricoh as national sales manager
He will be responsible for accelerating adoption of the Ricoh range of digital production printing solutions among Australian commercial and industrial printers and in-plant facilities.
With nearly 30 years of experience across government, industry and highly regulated sectors, her previous roles include head of government for AUCyber.
Matt Clarkin joins Canon Business Services ANZ
He joins CBS with more than 26 years of experience leading sales and go-to-market functions for enterprise software vendors, system integrators, and founder-led services businesses.
John Gavallas joins LAB3 to lead managed service practice
He previously established the Azure Managed Services practice at Mexia before expanding the capability into Deloitte Australia's Cloud Operate division following the company's acquisition.
NZ's Equinox IT changes leadership and consulting structure
David Reiss has chosen to become chief client officer following more than six years as the company's co-CEO.
.jpg&h=142&w=230&c=1&s=1)
.jpg&h=142&w=230&c=1&s=1)
.jpg&h=142&w=230&c=1&s=1)
.jpg&w=100&c=1&s=0)
