New hire to double size of operations and ramp up number of
resellers
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, 25 November 2008 - Acronis has
appointed Dirk Raeymaekers as channel manager for Benelux to help
accelerate the vendor's reseller acquisition and double the size of
operations across the region. Raeymaekers will spearhead the
company's aggressive growth plans, aiming to double the head count
based in the Benelux office in the next three months. He is
actively recruiting resellers and is also looking to appoint both
pre-sales and post-sales support managers to aid the channel.
"Our channel partners will be vital to the success of Acronis
across Benelux. We're aiming to put them first and we'll be
introducing a lot of initiatives and tools to support them over the
coming months," explains Raeymaekers. Raeymaekers joins the backup,
recovery and migration vendor from Fujitsu Siemens Computers where
he was responsible for recruiting and developing partners through
business development initiatives and channel marketing. Prior to
this, he held various positions at Tech Data.
"I'm joining the company at an exciting time. As well as
offering proven support for customers' backup, recovery and
migration strategies through our disk imaging solutions, we're
branching out into new areas of expertise. For example, we've
recently broken into the virtualisation arena and our latest
product launch now gives us the capability to offer customers
backup and recovery support for their Exchange databases," he
continued.
Raeymaekers will be working under Laurent Dedenis, VP
international sales and managing director at Acronis. "We
established our Benelux operations in January 2007 and have already
achieved solid success in the region. As a rapidly growing company
it's critical that we have the right people in place to boost our
results. Dirk brings over 18 years' experience in the IT market to
the role and I'm confident he is the right ingredient to help us
reach the next level in this important market."
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.