Juniper poaches former HP honcho to run distribution

William Hamber joins EMEA channel team

Juniper has snagged another former HP executive to help run its European channel in the shape of William Hamber.

Hamber joins in the position of senior director, distribution partners for EMEA, where he will link up with former HP Networking colleague Darryl Brick, who now runs Juniper's UK channel.

Reporting to David Helfer, vice president of partners in EMEA, Hamber will be responsible for driving distribution channel sales strategies, focusing on leading partner initiatives and implementing global distribution programmes in the EMEA region.

Hamber joins directly from Edge-Core Networks and before that held various roles at HP Networking and HP Europe.

Helfer said: "I am delighted to welcome William as the new leader for our distribution channel. His appointment reflects Juniper's commitment to expand our key initiatives, programmes and resources further throughout the channel."