Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) has named Justin Sutton-Parker as its new partner director, Northern Europe.
The vendor says it is a “new, integrated” role, reporting to Citrix’s VP of partners in EMEA, Luca Marinelli. Sutton-Parker will be responsible for the growth and development of the Citrix partner ecosystem across the Northern Europe region, comprised of Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the UK. The role will focus on managing a team of partner and account managers, as well as implementing programmes and go-to-market strategies with systems integrators, distributors and Citrix solutions advisors across the region.
With twenty-two years of in the tech industry, Sutton-Parker most recently spent ten years with HP in various roles including managing chief technologist, country leader for cloud service providers, global alliances director, Microsoft alliance director and public sector manager. He has also previously worked with CommVault, BT Engage and Avnet.
“I’m drawn to Citrix’s vision and proven ability to connect people to apps and data wherever they may be,” comments Sutton-Parker. “Citrix offers such a unique value proposition and capability that allows the partner community to really capitalise on the promise of making critical systems securely available to users across any device or platform.”
“Smart partnering is vital to Citrix’s continued success across Northern Europe. Justin’s extensive knowledge of the partner and alliances landscape, combined with his strong leadership, will be invaluable to Citrix as it further strengthens relations with a range of organisations across the region; he has consistently demonstrated an ability to grow and manage dynamic and large businesses,” adds Marinelli.
Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov recently said that channel partners play a “very important, very significant role” in securing the company’s move into the SMB space.
