Tech Talent Tracker - Microsoft, NinjaOne, Hitachi Vantara and more

Our Tech Talent Tracker rounds up all the people movements within Australia's technology industry this past fortnight. Send your appointment news to editors@techpartner.news

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Kenny Singh elevated at Microsoft
 
He takes over as ANZ channel technology sales Leader (CTO), leading a team focused on driving the technology strategy and execution of the Microsoft ANZ partner ecosystem. Previously, he served as director of modern work and cyber security partner go-to-market for Microsoft Asia. He has been with Microsoft for over 14 years.

Victor Guerrero promoted at NinjaOne

Guerrero is now VP of channel and alliances, APAC, elevated to the new position shortly after his two year anniversary with the company. In April, he was promoted to the role of senior director of channels and alliances.

Hitachi Vantara's Dave Wardrop promoted to ANZ CTO and director of solution consulting

Based in Canberra, he will be responsible for leading the company’s technical sales strategy in the region as the company continues to capitalise on the growing demand for data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management. He reports directly to Matthew Hardman, CTO  for APAC at Hitachi Vantara.

In his three years at Hitachi Vantara, Wardrop has spearheaded the company’s technical strategies across numerous critical federal government agencies in Australia.

Datacom appoints director of market strategy and GTM

Aram Lauxtermann will lead the evolution of Datacom’s market strategy and go-to-market model, working closely with teams across the business and the GTM to accelerate strategic growth, insights and enablement. Most recently, he served as chief technology and innovation officer for Avanade, where he led strategic initiatives across AI, data, software and cloud.

TPG's Mike King returns to Macquarie Telecom

His role will focus on telecoms, cloud services, cyber security, and data centre services. He most recently was head of enterprise and government sales with TPG Telecom since 2021 and director Northern Region sales for NTT Communications ICT Solutions from 2015 to 2018. 

Ping Identity names Daniel Gardner ANZ sales director

Based in Sydney, he will be responsible for further building and accelerating market momentum for the Ping Identity Platform among both public and private sector organisations in the region.

All IT Services appoints head of strategy and business optimisation

Nathan Hutchison joins after three years at Pax8 Academy, where he partnered with MSPs across Australia and New Zealand. His priorities will include streamlining operational processes across the business and enhancing service delivery and client experience.

Publicis Sapient appoints product and engineering lead for Australia

Based in Melbourne, Harshu Deshpande will lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering large-scale and agile transformation programs, leveraging Publicis Sapient's AI platforms, such as Sapient Slingshot and Bodhi. Most recently, he served as field CTO and advisor for Digital Natives at Google.

Virtual IT Group and The Instillery grow team by two

The new appointments comprise of security consultants Ronnie Meekers, a cybersecurity expert from Zscaler partner Airloom, and Masaki Takeda, returning from Zscaler and previously with The Instillery.

archTIS acquires Spirion, a data discovery and classification solutions provider

As a result, Spirion CEO Kevin Coppins will assume a new leadership role as archTIS’ EVP of commercial enterprise solutions and GM of the Americas, where he will oversee strategy and operations for the combined entity’s commercial business, targeting enterprise, education, and local government accounts.

Ryan Tully, Spirion’s chief product officer, will assume the same role for archTIS, leading the overarching vision, strategic direction, and tactical execution to successfully launch and expand the company’s products across new and established markets.

Firmus Technologies grows leadership team by two

Kirsty Godfrey-Billy has joined as CFO and Grant Dempsey is the incoming chair of the board.  Dempsey is the former head of investment banking (ANZ) at JP Morgan and current chair of the Investment Committee and a board member at IFM Investors, a global institutional investment manager owned by industry superannuation funds. He also serves as a non-executive director on numerous ASX listed companies including a2 Milk Ltd, Megaport Ltd and Sims Metals Ltd.

Godfrey-Billy joins Firmus after nearly a decade at Xero, where she served as CFO through the
company’s international expansion, financial transformation, and ASX50 inclusion.

Kate McKenzie becomes ENTECH CEO

Previously, she has headed the company’s roadshows for eight years as event manager. ENTECH’s founder Julius Grafton, who established the event in 1993, moves on to focus on running his recent acquisition, Sydney PA Hire. 

ENTECH is a trade show and roadshow for AV and entertainment technology professionals that visits every major population centre in Australia and also visits New Zealand.