"We are delighted to welcome Tristan as our local channel leader. Tristan has been a long time member of the Aruba family and has demonstrated expertise in every role throughout his career with us. I love the fact that Aruba is one of those rare places where people can come and grow a career, and Tristan is a great example of this," said Aruba South Pacific director Pat Devlin.

"Having moved from strength to strength, I am confident Tristan will thrive in his new position. Most importantly, I am looking forward to the energy, engagement and enthusiasm he will bring to our partner community."

Rajah first joined Aruba in 2010 as a graduate before moving into sales and territory development positions, most recently that of mid-market sales manager.

He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Macquarie University.

"I am very proud and excited to begin this next chapter with Aruba. Over the past decade, I have had the chance to work alongside some of our industry's best minds across our partner and customer community," said Rajah.

"I look forward to hitting the ground running, speaking with new and existing partners on how we can make business easier for them, as well as broadening the resources and solutions on offer to our partners."

In related news, Aruba ANZ's channel sales manager Deke Rayner-Harvey has moved to parent company HPE to take on the role of commercial and mid-market sales manager for storage.

"We congratulate Deke on his new position and are delighted he remains part of the HPE family," said Devlin.

"Deke's contribution to Aruba over the past five years as SMB and channel sales manager is unparalleled and we wish him every success in his new role."