Channel veteran Brick to stay in UK after HP exit

Darryl Brick ponders vendor opportunities after calling time on 15-year stint at HP

After parting company with HP, the vendor's former networking chief Darryl Brick is to stay in the UK channel and is looking at a wide range of vendor opportunities.

Former Nortel man Barry Bonnett was unveiled as the UK and Ireland leader of HP Networking in October. It was initially unclear whether incumbent Brick was to depart HP entirely or move to a different role within the vendor.

Brick told ChannelWeb he had made the decision to move on after 15 years with the vendor. The South African arrived on these shores six years ago and spent three years heading up HP's UK and Ireland storage and server channel operations.

In late 2007, he took on the country manager role for HP's ProCurve networking arm, which has now been renamed HP Networking. Brick claimed he hoped to be back in the channel early in the new year and revealed his next job will be in the UK.

He will look at posts with the top multinational vendors, as well as start-ups, single-product vendors and those looking to branch into the UK from foreign shores.

"The channel is in my veins, it's a wonderful industry," he added.