Name:
Omar Akthar
Company:
Veeam
Designation:
Regional Channel Manager ME and SAARC
Years in the company: 3.5
Years in the channel: 16 years channel sales experience, 6 of which have been in the ME region
Biggest channel achievement till date: 2014 CPI Hot 50 award for Best Partner Programme
Company focus for 2015: Continue to offer Veeam’s leading virtualisation availability solutions via our established channel partners
Percentage of channel sales: 100 per cent
Technologies to drive regional channel growth: Hyper-convergence
Issues in the regional channel: local instability
Key to grow profitably: By investing in channel 100 per cent enablement, incentives and marketing.