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Channel Post MEA
17-05-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Barracuda Names Michelle Hodges As Senior VP Of Global Channels & Alliances
Barracuda Networks has announced the appointment of Michelle Hodges as Senior Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances. Hodges brings more than two decades of experience in transforming partner programs for leading technology vendors. In her new role, she will spearhead Barracuda's worldwide channel strategy, driving growth and deepening engagement across the company's partner ecosystem. 'Michelle's appointment reflects Barracuda's deep commitment to empowering our partners with innovative solutions and managed security services that are easy to buy, deploy and use,' said Geoff Waters, Chief Revenue Officer at Barracuda Networks. 'Her experience and leadership will be instrumental in advancing the Barracuda Partner Success Program, enhancing our go-to-market execution and accelerating growth.' Prior to joining Barracuda, Hodges served as Senior Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances at Ivanti. She has also held senior leadership roles overseeing global channel and alliance strategy at GitLab, Gigamon, Riverbed, Apptio, Intel, VMware, SAP, and Microsoft. A recognized industry leader, Hodges has been named a CRN Channel Chief, one of CRN's Power 100 Women of the Channel and a Channel Futures Top Cybersecurity Leader. She holds a Master of Business Administration in International Management and Master of Arts in International Policy Studies from Monterey Institute of International Studies , as well as a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature and Philosophy from Whittier College . 'Barracuda's channel-first approach and outstanding reputation for delivering industry-leading solutions make it a trusted leader in the market,' said Hodges. 'I look forward to working with our partners to extend our global reach, help customers defend against today's evolving threat landscape and drive sustainable, mutual growth and value.' 0 0
Techday NZ
06-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Barracuda appoints Dan McLean to drive ANZ channel growth
Barracuda Networks has appointed Dan McLean as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), assigning him responsibility for the company's sales strategy and market growth in the region. In his new role, McLean will focus on strengthening and expanding Barracuda's relationships with partners and customers, alongside developing the company's presence within the ANZ market. He will also be tasked with supporting the firm's managed service provider partners to address evolving business needs. Giovanni Goduti, Vice President of Sales International at Barracuda, said, "Dan brings an impressive track record of driving partner relationships and market expansion and building high-performing sales teams in the technology sector. Dan will be instrumental in accelerating Barracuda's growth in ANZ and in ensuring we support partners such as Managed Service Providers with advanced products and services that reduce complexity, meet evolving business needs and help our partners to build revenues and grow." According to Barracuda, McLean's appointment demonstrates the company's commitment to its channel partners in the region. The firm's Partner Success Program aims to support partners by giving them access to resources and support to help innovate new solutions, increase their Barracuda offerings, and improve customer security during a period of increasing cyber threat complexity. McLean brings to the position experience in sales leadership and go-to-market strategies across several sectors including cloud, security, and workforce management. He previously served as Director of Sales at MyPass Global, where he led initiatives intended to improve workforce compliance and safety standards across a number of industries. Before this, McLean was at Emertel, focusing on growing high-tech companies throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and he also held senior leadership roles at Amazon Web Services and VMware. McLean commented on his appointment, stating, "Cybersecurity continues to be a critical priority for businesses of all sizes, and Barracuda's innovative approach to advanced, integrated security sets it apart from its competition. I'm thrilled to join the team and look forward to working with our partners and customers across ANZ to ensure we consistently deliver exceptional value for partners while helping their customers to strengthen their security posture with solutions that are easy to buy, deploy and use." The Barracuda Partner Success Program is described by the company as offering unmatched support and resources, enabling partners to expand their Barracuda solutions portfolio and develop approaches to better safeguard enterprise customers facing complex cyber risks. The company states that hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and managed service providers worldwide rely on Barracuda's platform, which covers email, data, application, and network protection, in addition to offering a Managed XDR service designed to boost cyber resilience. Follow us on: Share on:
