Nutanix, a cloud computing company, recently announced the appointment of Christian Alvarez as Vice President, Americas Channel. In this new role, Alvarez will lead Nutanix’s Americas Channel team. Alvarez’s experience includes over 26 years of leading high-performance teams in executive sales and channel management roles at leading telecommunications and technology companies. In his previous role as Worldwide Head of Channels and Distribution at Juniper Networks, Alvarez was responsible for over 14,000 partners, as well as 50 distributors across the globe. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Alvarez held various senior leadership positions at companies such as Avaya, Cyan, a Ciena Company, Connexion Technologies and Terremark Worldwide, a Verizon company.
Nutanix’s partners include value-added resellers, distributors, system integrators, strategic OEM partners and technology alliances. Alvarez, in this new role, will drive Nutanix’s overall partner sales and go-to-market program to provide greater business outcomes for customers and partners through Nutanix’s broad portfolio of award-winning cloud solutions and offerings. One key area of focus for Alvarez will be the extension of efforts of partnerships like Nutanix’s recent HPE partnership, which is said to have driven further collaboration across deals and teams.
“Nutanix is one of those rare companies to have truly revolutionized cloud software and hyper-converged infrastructure, and I couldn’t be more honoured to have been chosen to lead its Americas channel organization into the future. he opportunity ahead for Nutanix and its partners is vast, but to seize it, we must collaborate even more effectively with our partners and move faster. Partners continue to be an integral part of Nutanix’s growth strategy, and I’m truly thrilled to join the team to continue creating innovative solutions that will drive our customers forward into the multi-cloud era,” commented Alvarez.
“As we enter fiscal 2020, we all recognize the critical role the Americas channel organization will play in helping us achieve this year’s revenue goals. Christian brings great experience to our Americas channel team and is well-equipped to help us reinforce our commitment to our partners and help them capitalize on opportunities to work with us. His people-first leadership style will help us drive superior customer and partner experiences and foster a positive, inclusive culture at Nutanix,” said Bob Wallace, VP of Sales Strategy at Nutanix.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Christian for more than four years. He is an incredible leader who works hard to understand and enable partners like Insight in transforming and growing clients’ businesses, adopting new technologies and improving their profitability. I look forward to continuing partnering with Christian and the Nutanix team on the future of the cloud,” commented Mike Tatum, Director of Product Management, Infrastructure and Security at Insight Enterprises.
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