NetApp has appointed Kristian Kerr as Vice President Partners & Pathways for the EMEA region as it seeks to develop indirect partnering models.
Kerr brings over 20 years experience in IT and communications and has held a number of direct sales and partner leadership positions.
“The market is moving with increased velocity with cloud leading this transformation in the partner ecosystem,” said Kerr. “We are seeing new business and partnering models, new ways of consumption and scale and new players entering the space daily.”
Alexander Wallner, Senior Vice President & General Manager EMEA, added: “As customers transform their business they need guidance on building the right solutions to extract maximum value from their data. Kerr is the right person to hone the skills of our channel ecosystem to recommend the right mix between traditional IT and cloud to customers."