All change for Dane-Elec UK job title

DRam vendor Dane-Elec is removing some of the autonomy of its UK operation by changing the job title of the replacement for former general manager Alan Stanley, asked to leave last month.

DRam vendor Dane-Elec is removing some of the autonomy of its UK operation by changing the job title of the replacement for former general manager Alan Stanley, asked to leave last month.

Gerry Crampin, who joined the firm from rival memory vendor Just Rams, has been appointed as operating director.

Jean-Pierre Lantignac, director of European subsidiaries for Dane-Elec, told CRN the firm was pleased with the appointment, but had dropped the title general manager because its French-based head office "wanted to maintain more financial control".

"We are confident in Gerry's knowledge of the memory market and he is definitely the right guy for the business in the UK," he said.

Last month Olivier Chouraqui, general manager at Dane-Elec France, told CRN that the company "no longer agreed with his [Stanley's] strategy and asked him to leave".

Stanley is currently in legal negotiations through his solicitors with Dane-Elec and was unable to comment on his dismissal.

Crampin was unavailable for comment.