Cohesity has pulled in Martin Gibbons as head of channel in EMEA. Gibbons will develop the go-to-market strategy for Cohesity in EMEA. He will also focus on developing the company’s ecosystem of partners while accelerating Cohesity’s growth and share of the EMEA data management market. He joins Cohesity from Commvault where he was distribution channel director, EMEA, for five years. He also held other channel-focused roles with the vendor, including running the company’s UK program management. Prior to this, he worked at Computer Associates, and his initial foray into IT sales was with the distributor Computer 2000, a former subsidiary of Frontline, and then with Surrey-based Unix and network equipment distributor, Ilion Group.
“Cohesity is an exciting company to join right now,” said Gibbons. “Its disruptive data management technology solves age-old enterprise issues around data silos and fragmentation. The company has achieved a 100 percent year-over-year increase in software revenues and I’m excited to play a key role in driving the next wave of success for the company and for our customers and partners.”
“Martin has proven success developing a high-performing EMEA distribution and partner organisation and consistently delivering strong results,” said Dirk Marichal, vice president, sales EMEA, Cohesity. “It’s a great time for Martin to join our EMEA leadership team. Given that he possesses deep knowledge of the data management sector, I expect he will have an immediate positive impact on our business. We are thrilled to have Martin on board.”
