Todd Surdey, VMware’s co-channel chief, has left his role at the virtualization giant to join Salesforce.com, according to a published report.

Michael Cusanelli, Associate Editor

August 20, 2015

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Todd Surdey former cochannel chief at VMware
Todd Surdey, former co-channel chief at VMware

Todd Surdey, VMware’s co-channel chief, has left his role at the virtualization giant to join Salesforce.com, according to a published report.

Surdey, who served in several executive positions at VMware over the past five years, is joining Salesforce.com as senior vice president of Worldwide Sales for the company’s platform business, CRN reported. He had been appointed to co-lead the company’s channel organization last October.

News of Surdey’s departure marks the second major leadership change for VMware’s channel business, following the earlier announcement that channel chief Dave O’Callaghan would be replaced by Ross Brown, former CEO of Partner InSite.

O’Callaghan left VMware after a two-year stint as channel chief to return to his previous role as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver, according to a VMware representative who spoke with CRN.

Brown took over Callaghan’s position as senior vice president of Worldwide Partners and Alliances at VMware as of Aug. 4. He reports to VMware Chief Operating Officer Carl Eschenbach in his new role.

VMware disclosed that all of Surdey’s direct reports will now report to Brown, with the exception of Loretta Brown, vice president of OEM Alliances, who will report directly to Eschenbach.

Stay tuned on more updates as they develop, and follow Michael Cusanelli on Twitter @mcusanelliSB for additional news.

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Michael  Cusanelli

Associate Editor, Penton Technology Group, Channel

Michael Cusanelli is the associate editor for Penton Technology’s channel properties, including The VAR Guy, MSPmentor and Talkin' Cloud. He has written articles and produced video for Newsday.com and is a graduate of Stony Brook University's School of Journalism in New York. In his spare time Michael likes to play video games, watch sci-fi movies and participate in all things nerdy. He can be reached at [email protected]

 

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