Cycloid appoints Isabelle Perie to lead channel and partnerships strategy

Platform engineering vendor Cycloid has appointed a former HP, ServiceNow and Okta channel executive to lead its European partner ecosystem strategy

Platform engineering specialist Cycloid has appointed Isabelle Perie as channel and partnerships director as the company looks to expand its European partner ecosystem across system integrators, MSPs and sovereign cloud providers.

Perie joins the Internal Developer Portal (IDP) vendor following channel and alliances roles at companies including HP, ServiceNow and Okta.

Cycloid said the appointment reflects a broader push to formalise and scale its channel strategy as demand for platform engineering and cloud transformation projects continues to grow across Europe.

An engineer by training, Perie has held roles spanning pre-sales, project management and partnerships leadership, combining technical expertise with commercial channel experience.

In her new position, she will focus on expanding Cycloid’s ecosystem across five partner categories: system integrators, global systems integrators (GSIs), MSPs, technical partners and cloud providers, with a particular emphasis on sovereign cloud providers supporting European data sovereignty and compliance requirements.

Cycloid said it already works with seven of the world’s top ten GSIs and MSPs, including Capgemini, Accenture and NTT, alongside regional partners across the UK and Ireland, Southern Europe and North America.

“What attracted me to Cycloid is the clear opportunity in front of the company,” said Perie.

“Platform engineering is moving from a technical conversation to a strategic one, and the SIs, MSPs and sovereign cloud providers helping organisations create the next generation of enterprise platforms are going to need a foundation they can build on.”

Cycloid said enterprises investing in platform engineering increasingly want productised IDP solutions that can be deployed quickly, rather than building bespoke platforms for each project engagement.

The vendor believes this creates opportunities for SIs, GSIs and MSPs to use Cycloid’s platform as both a delivery accelerator and a differentiator in transformation bids.

Benjamin Brial, founder of Cycloid, said Perie’s experience building channel ecosystems at large enterprise software firms would support the company’s next stage of growth.

“She has built and scaled partner ecosystems at companies that defined their categories, and understands that great partnerships are commercial relationships first and technical ones second,” Brial said.