“Cloudian is solving major challenges for businesses and government organisations across the region, including fast-accelerating data demand and an immediate need to recalibrate where and how data is stored,” said Cloudian ANZ, ASEAN and Oceania regional director James Wright.

“The depth of IT and channel experience Evan, Anna, and Norman bring to the table will be a catalyst for Cloudian and its partners’ continued growth and success in the region as we work to meet customers’ evolving data management and protection needs. We’ll also continue our recruitment drive across the region over the next year.”

Duryea brings more than 20 years’ experience his new role.

He was co-founder of IT consulting firm Thomas Duryea, which was acquired by Logicalis in 2015, after which he led the company’s hybrid cloud and data centre practice.

“I’ve known the regional Cloudian team a long time and have been following their success in driving Cloudian and its partner presence in the region,” said Duryea.

“Cloudian doesn’t just lead in its own right; it’s fast become an integral part of other major technology solutions through its alliance partnership network. That provides huge value to the channel as it fits into the bigger picture of what they’re looking to position and sell to customers.

“I’ve sat on the other side of the channel table for decades, and I’ve seen the good and bad of how vendors approach and work with the channel. Partner experience is too often missing from vendor channel managers’ CVs, and I’m looking forward to leveraging it for my role and expanding Cloudian’s channel presence and depth across the region.”

ANZ and ASEAN head of marketing Anna Christensen joins Cloudian from Nextgen, where she served as APAC head of channel marketing.

She previously worked at Exclusive Networks Pacific as an APAC marketing manager, and at Pictura Creative as a digital account manager.

Christensen holds a master's in business and management from the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland).

ANZ regional sales manager Norman Joe joins the company from Commvault, where he was in charge of New Zealand accounts.

He previously held management and sales positions at Dicker Data and IBM.

Joe holds a bachelor's degree in IT from Massey University.

Cloudian recently reported its seventh consecutive year of record bookings, approximately 700 customers around the world, and multiple analyst and industry awards.