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January’s Channel People on the Move

It’s clear that many of you made a resolution to get a new job in the new year. 

We were inundated in January with announcements of telecom and IT channel professionals landing new positions and/or getting promoted to handle new responsibilities.

This edition of People on the Move includes key appointments at master agents Telarus, TBI and Avant, to name a few. Distributors such as ScanSource and Pax8 also got in the game.

As always, some of the people you see in this gallery have a day-to-day impact on the channel, while others make decisions that affect partners over the long haul. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it gives you a nice sampling of the new hires and promotions in January. You’re sure to see people you know.

Missed last month’s “people” gallery? Click here to see who was on the move in December.

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People on the Move: TBI’s Miguel Sanchez and Joe Fizor

Master agent TBI appointed Joe Fizor (right), formerly of Insight, and Miguel Sanchez (above), formerly of First Communications, as solution engineers.

In their new roles, they will collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, and provide technical and vendor-agnostic expertise to TBI’s agents and subagents. They also will work with providers on design and implementation of offerings, ensuring the end users’ needs are met.

Read more about Fizor and Sanchez here.

People on the Move: Telarus’ Karie Huzzey and Bobby Fabris

Telarus, the master agent and cloud services distributor, hired Karie Huzzey (above) to manage channel efforts for its recently acquired VXSuite products.

Huzzey, a channel development manager, is charged with helping to improve training, quoting and support. She leads a channel team dedicated to VXSuite, a line of solutions designed to measure and analyze network and VoIP quality.

Also new at Telarus is Bobby Fabris (right), a senior partner development manager in the southeastern U.S. He is tasked with recruiting new partners and helping to expand existing partners’ businesses. His previous experience includes stints at Level 3, Windstream and EarthLink.

Get the full scoop on Fabris here. For Huzzey, go here.

People on the Move: BroadSoft’s Dino DiPalma

BroadSoft hired Acme Packet’s former chief operating officer as its new chief revenue officer.

Dino Di Palma takes on the role of CRO at the Maryland-based unified communications as a service (UCaaS) provider. He leads sales for the company, including the BroadSoft Business portfolio.

Click here for more on Di Palma’s background and new responsibilities.

People on the Move: RapidScale’s Heidi Knowles

RapidScale‘s new channel manager in the Southeast is Heidi Knowles, who is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She’s in charge of developing new partnerships, managing and leading existing partnerships in that part of the country.

Knowles’ most recent job was as an account manager at ViON Corp., an IT services company focused on the military, government and commercial businesses.

Want to learn more about Knowles? Go here.