GEC NEWS WIREAs new VP of Channel and Alliances in EMEA, Jean-Phillipe Barleaza to drive VMware’s cloud & business mobility solutions and drive profitability
VMware has appointed Jean-Phillipe Barleaza as Vice President, Channel and Alliances and General Business in EMEA. A key member of the EMEA channel team since joining VMware in 2007, JP Barleaza has been acting Vice President in the role since October 2015. In this role he is responsible for defining strategy and managing VMware’s EMEA partner ecosystems, driving VMware’s innovative cloud and business mobility solutions to help partners, OEMs, SISOs and solution providers differentiate their businesses and drive profitability. JP Barleaza is currently UK-based and reports to Jean-Pierre Brulard, SVP and GM at VMware EMEA.
“Jean-Philippe has a proven track record working with our partners in EMEA to drive adoption of the software-defined data centre, unified hybrid cloud and end-user computing solutions, and is a natural choice to now lead all our partner and channel operations in the region,” said Jean-Pierre Brulard, Senior Vice President and General Manager, VMware EMEA.
Prior to joining VMware, JP Barleaza held senior channel positions covering Southern Europe at both NetApp and Computer Associates.
“VMware is a unique organisation within the industry with a world-class partner network,” comments Jean-Philippe. “I am looking forward to continuing to collaborate with our partners to help our customers solve IT challenges and drive further success in the mobile-cloud era.”
