July Records of Staff Communications Within the Channel, 2025

In the ever-evolving world of technology and retail, changes in leadership and appointments are a common occurrence. Here's a roundup of some recent shifts in key positions:

Frank Kalisch is retiring at the end of 2025 from Samsung Electronics, where he has been Director MX Brand Memory since 2012. His role will be taken over by Wojtek Rudko.

Meanwhile, at Sophos, Jan Willeke is leading the channel team in Germany.

There have been significant changes at the top of some German companies. Frank Eismann has stepped down as chairman of the board at Büroring eG due to health reasons, with Ingo Dewitz taking over the department of sales and marketing.

In a similar vein, Jacques Diaz has left Netgo after less than a year as CEO.

Several tech companies have welcomed new additions to their teams. Thomas Linde has joined Digital Realty as Channel Director DACH, having previously managed strategic customers at Plusserver and working for Equinix and NetApp.

Olivier van den Bossche, formerly CEO of Galeria, is now leading MediaMarkt Benelux.

In the realm of cybersecurity, Frédéric Saint-Joigny has taken over as Vice President EMEA Sales at WatchGuard Technologies. His focus will be on supporting partners in exploring new market opportunities and expanding their cybersecurity offerings.

Sean Holcombe is now the Chief Partner Officer at Qualtrics, having been with the company for over eight years and previously serving as EVP Global Strategic Sales & Partnerships.

Oliver Gorges has left CPN and joined Littlebit, while Marcel Futterer has joined DexxIT as Brand Manager Sales Enterprise, with the goal of expanding the Enterprise Storage segment and strengthening cooperation with Micron.

Michelle Graff has taken over responsibility for the channel worldwide at Commvault as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and Channel.

Marius Istel has taken over as head of channel & alliances in Germany for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.

In the retail sector, Olaf Mende has been promoted to a member of the management board at PROFI Engineering Systems AG, in recognition of his achievements in building and strategically developing the Public business area.

Sven Langenfeld, after 13.5 years at Microsoft, has left the company and plans to continue as a trainer and consultant for Microsoft solutions.

Markus Hollerbaum is returning to Also after more than 10 years, having previously worked at Kyocera and Siewert & Kau.

Julia Zimmermann has joined Trend Micro to support partner development.

Hendrik Flierman, previously Vice President Global Sales & Marketing at G Data CyberDefense, is leaving the German IT security company.

Manuel Kirchesch has joined ViewSonic as Business Development Manager dvLED Products & Solutions DACH.

Lastly, Renault appointed Fabrice Cambolive as Chief Growth Officer in July 2025, but there is no public information indicating that he previously led Accenture's global AI and Decision Intelligence product division, nor was there another German company mentioned in the search results that appointed a new Chief Growth Officer with this exact Accenture background in July 2025.

This roundup provides a snapshot of the shifts and changes happening across various tech and retail companies. As these companies continue to grow and evolve, we can expect to see more changes in leadership and appointments in the future.