UC Advanced - issue #16

PEOPLE MOVES

Aduna Leadership Team Announced

Anthony Bartolo

Claudiu Pasa

Christine Dye

Peter Arbitter

At the end of January Anthony Bartolo was appointed CEO, previously serving as Vonage’s Chief Operating Officer for just 3 months. In February further leadership appointments were made: Claudiu Pasa as Chief Product & Technology Officer, Christine Dye as Chief Financial Officer, and Peter Arbitter as Chief Commercial Officer. Aduna’s new brand identity was revealed during a media and industry analyst event in London ahead of MWC ’25. Additionally, Aduna announced new developer platform partners Infobip and Sinch, strengthening their developer ecosystem alongside Google Cloud and Vonage.

Launched in September 2024, Aduna Global is combining and selling network APIs globally, with a vision that new applications will work anywhere, and on any network, paving the way for developers to innovate quickly and easily. Aduna’s platform is based on the CAMARA open-source project, driven by the GSMA and the Linux Foundation. Whilst Ericsson holds 50% stake in Aduna, the remaining 50% stake has brought together América Móvil, AT&T, airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Jio, Singtel, Telstra, Telefónica, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone and more recently KDDI Corporation.

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Egnyte – EMEA and US Appointments

Industry stalwart David Tulip has been appointed director, EMEA MSP, where he will focus on expanding the vendor’s MSP channel across the UK, Ireland, and further afield. Tulip has an extensive knowledge and contact base of distributors, resellers, MSPs, ISPs and ISVs, based on his previous position as managing director and chairman of the Network Group. Across the pond, Bob Gagnon has accepted the role of senior vice president of Global Channel Sales at Egnyte. In this role, Gagnon leads an organisation focused on driving leverage and growth across managed service providers (MSPs), value-added resellers (VARs) and value-added distributors (VADs). Gagnon has more than 25 years of experience in global channel sales strategy, operations, and enablement, while driving impressive revenue results in the software and infrastructure markets.

Bob Gagnon

David Tulip

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