Jean-Phillipe Barleaza VP Channel and Alliances and General Business in EMEA, VMWare

VMWare, Inc. announcede the appointment of Jean-Phillipe (JP) Barleaza as VP, channel and alliances and general business in EMEA.

He has been a ember of VMware’s EMEA channel team since joining VMware in 2007, and has been acting VP in the role since October 2015. As part of this, he is responsible for managing VMware’s EMEA partner ecosystem and helping partners, OEMs SISOs and solutions providers use VMware’s solutions to differentiate themselves and drive profitability.

Jean-Pierre Brulard, SVP and GM, VMware EMEA, had this to say about JP’s appointment: “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. He has a real passion and ability for understanding how our partners can embrace VMware’s technologies to help their customers drive their digital transformation, while deriving commercial success for their businesses.”

Barleaza was senior director OEMs, SI-SOs and service providers in EMEA until October 2015. Prior to joining VMware, he held senior channel positions covering Southern Europe at both NetApp and Computer Associates. At Computer Associates he was also responsible for creating a number of partner initiatives and programs that were rolled out globally under his watch.

He shared his delight with his new appointment commenting: “VMware is a unique organisation within the industry with a world-class partner network. 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.”