RECRUITMENT
Intent Media reshuffl es PCR editorial team
Acer appoints EMEA president Midwich expands audio team Tech Data’s Andy Dow takes on fresh HP enterprise role
PCR: The editorial team has been boosted with a new staff writer and promotion. JADE BURKE has joined the team as staff writer, after completing a degree in journalism at Anglia Ruskin University’s Harlow campus, with prior experience in trade journalism. She commented: “I’m delighted to join the editorial team and take on the position within the company, I’m looking forward
ACER: The brand has announced that LUCA ROSSI will be appointed president for Acer Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), after current Acer EMEA president, OLIVER AHRENS, announced his decision to take on the role of president of the newly formed Pan-Asia Pacifi c regional operation.
After joining Acer in 2009, Rossi’s entrepreneurial and
MIDWICH: The distibutor has revealed that JON DEW- STANLEY will be taking on the position of director of solution sales. Having been director of commercial audio specialists Polar Audio for the last 13 years, during that time, Dew-Stanley served as technical and sales director. IAIN CAMPBELL, sales director at Midwich, said: “Jon will be using his considerable
TECH DATA: The distributor has stated that industry veteran ANDY DOW will assume responsibility for the HP Enterprise Group business. After spending nine years at Hewlett Packard, as well as roles within Dell, he returned to Tech Data in 2010 as group marketing director.
His promotion comes due to his extensive experience
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Jade Burke (left) and Andrew Wooden (right), PCR
to contributing to PCR and working alongside the team.” ANDREW WOODEN, who previously worked at PCR
before moving to Future Publishing’s technology magazine T3, has been appointed publisher. He returned to PCR last year as managing editor. Previous PCR publisher, LISA CARTER, will remain publisher of Intent Media’s sister publications, ToyNews and BikeBiz. DOMINIC SACCO and LAURA BARNES hold their positions as editor and staff
Luca Rossi, Acer
industry experience have led to this decision as Acer mentioned in a statement: “This announcement is about
putting the best qualifi ed leaders into roles focused on restarting Acer’s growth. Acer is extremely fortunate to have a strong bench to draw on as it moves from a hardware vendor to an information, technology, communications company.”
GEORGE HUANG, one of the co-founders of Acer, has also been appointed as the new Acer chairman.
Jon Dew-Stanley, Midwich
skill set to bring further cohesion to our solution sales, with audio collaboration being a primary focus.”
Jon said: “I am delighted to be joining the Midwich group in this new and exciting role. Midwich are a company I know well from my time in the industry and I look forward to contributing to their business objectives with AV solutions.”
Jon was also the recipient of the the AV Awards Technical Person of the Year award in 2012.
Andy Dow, Tech Data
within the industry after six years at Computer 2000, as
Tech Data UK boss, ANDY GASS, said: “I am pleased to announce that we are fi lling this key strategic position with an experienced Board Director who will bring his extensive commercial experience to strengthen our HP relationship and continue to grow our HP business.” He continues to be a part of the Tech Data board.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…
CHARLOTTE SHONE, RETAIL ACCOUNT MANAGER, PANDA SECURITY UK
ON THE occasions when I have an offi ce day, I like to get in bright and early to avoid the Bracknell morning rush and get myself prepared before the start of the day. Checking through my email inbox and catching up on Linkedin comes fi rst, so nobody is held up waiting. There’s no such thing as a typical day, but most begin with friendly banter as the rest of ‘team Panda’ arrives. The fact that we’re in an open-plan offi ce is one of the things I love most about working at Panda Security – it allows the whole team to get involved in the morning catch-up. Each Monday morning kicks off at 8.45am with the retail team meeting involving all departments, to quickly get up to speed on the week ahead and give any input. Things can move pretty fast around here, especially with the upcoming launch of our 2015 range. It’s an exciting time with the advancements it will offer.
Along with the other members of the retail team we’ve been busy testing the betas, joining WebEx with the product team at our HQ in Spain, liaising with project teams organising upcoming deals and being hassled by
“Lunch comes courtesy of the on premise restaurant which unfortunately offers some healthy ‘rabbit food’ options.”
marketing every fi ve minutes trying to get me to do their job. But in all seriousness it’s a really exciting time for the whole retail team, not just in the UK, but internationally. Lunch comes courtesy of the on premise restaurant which unfortunately offers some healthy ‘rabbit food’ options so I have no excuse for junk food, however there is always the temptation of the afternoon cake trolley. The afternoons are fi lled preparing for upcoming visits to our resellers, liaising on stock and samples to be sent out and working on new concepts and quotes. As a fl exible organisation, Panda works closely with clients to give them a solution that works for them rather than simply pulling a box off the shelf. As my role is solely focused on building Panda Security relations with channel partners delivering our consumer solutions to their clients, a large proportion of my time is spent out of the offi ce visiting our distributors Entatech, Westcoast, Exertis Gem and Blue Solutions and spending time with their clients to secure opportunities.
In other words, I like to keep myself busy.
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