NetApp names new UK&I channel boss

Denise Bryant appointed new channel director for the region

NetApp has appointed Denise Bryant as its new channel director for the UK and Ireland.

Bryant has over three decades of experience in sales and management, including holding senior roles at Mitel and Arrow. She is responsible for "reinvigorating" the vendor's UK&I channel business, NetApp said.

Bryant will also help equip partners with the knowledge and skills required to help their customers move along in their journey to cloud, as well as promoting the storage vendor's "partner first" mantra.

She will report to Kristian Kerr, VP of the EMEA partner organisation.

"We are delighted to have Denise step into this key leadership position at NetApp UK," said Kerr.

"Denise embodies NetApp's partner-first ethos holding a strong desire to reinforce the value of the channel. We are uniquely positioned to unlock the best of cloud with our strong partner eco-system in the UK and lead the next phase of growth.

Her wealth of experience from working with resellers to running a VAR will be invaluable in ensuring NetApp's partner businesses is industry leading."