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30 Notable IT Executive Moves: August 2026 Sourcepass, Jitterbit, Domino Data Lab, Aerospike, Avaya, Anthropic, 66degrees and Trilliad are among the companies that made significant executive moves last month. New CEOs at Sourcepass, Jitterbit, Domino Data Lab, Aerospike and Avaya were among the biggest executive moves in the channel in August 2026. Taking those spots, respectively, were: Marcus Holloway, formerly of MTM Technologies; Mark Logan, formerly of One Identity; Thomas Robinson, formerly of Bridgewater Associates; Don Dama, formerly of SingleStore; and Jeff Clarke, formerly of Insurity. [RELATED: 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: July 2026] August 2026 Tech Executive Moves Anthropic, 66degrees and Trilliad were among other tech companies to make significant executive moves during the month as companies invested in talent for overseeing sales, technology and partners. Those executives, respectively, were: - Tino Cuéllar, a former justice on the Supreme Court of California - Subha Panyam, formerly of Hitachi Digital Services - Jolene Chan, formerly of Stitch In August, private employers added 38,000 jobs, the slowest pace of job creation since January, according to human resources software provider Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Information services shed 4,000 jobs during the month and professional and business services cut 16,000 jobs. Read on for more of the 30 notable IT executive moves in August 2026. Tino Cuéllar Anthropic brought on Tino Cuéllar in August as its first chief global affairs officer. In this role, he will lead “the company’s work on policy, strategic international engagement, and government relationships worldwide,” according to a company statement. Cuéllar was serving as a long-term benefit trustee for the San Francisco-based AI tools maker since January and has stepped down from the trust to join Anthropic. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of California for about six years, leaving in 2021 to become president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a role he held for about five years, according to his LinkedIn account. Sarab Narang Globant brought on Sarab Narang in August as CEO of its Glob.AI business. Narang “will lead its growth, with a focus on scaling this AI-native services model, accelerating enterprise adoption and expanding its ecosystem of AI Pods and technology partners,” according to a company statement. As of June, Glob.AI—which gives organizations access to enterprise-grade, high-quality AI Pod service units run by a set of AI agents and supervised by humans—has seen annual recurring revenue (ARR) grow about 60 percent in a single quarter. Glob.AI has a $436 million pipeline and adoption across 45 percent of the company's top 20 accounts. The Luxembourg-based IT services company hired Narang after he worked at ServiceNow for about two years, according to his LinkedIn account. He served as vice president of central product management at ServiceNow. His resume includes about five years with Amazon Web Services, leaving in 2024 as general manager and global head of generative AI and machine learning go-to-market. Marcus Holloway In August, Marcus Holloway became CEO of Sourcepass, succeeding company founder Chuck Canton. Canton moved into the role of executive chairman. The New York-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—hired Holloway after a career that includes leading MTM Technologies as president and CEO through MTM’s 2020 sale to ATSG, according to his LinkedIn account. Holloway’s resume includes founding FlashRate in 2013 and leading the mobile marketing platform as CEO. Mark Logan Mark Logan started in August as Jitterbit’s new president and CEO. He succeeded Bill Connor, who moved to a board of directors position. Logan came to the Alameda, Calif.-based data transformation platform provider after about three years as CEO of One Identity, according to his LinkedIn account. At One Identity, he led a “$300M global enterprise SaaS cybersecurity business in Identity Management” and “increased EBITDA profitability to $130M while growing ARR through 5000+ enterprise customers, with 1000 employees across 12 countries.” His resume includes about three years as CEO of Exabeam. Before leaving Exabeam in 2022, he led the “$175m cybersecurity (SIEM) across the globe with 4,000+ customers” and saw “ARR increased 16% annually while growing EBITDA profitability to $38m,” according to his LinkedIn profile. Jitterbit’s goals for 2026 include adding more qualified partners and increasing the overall percentage of company revenue that comes through the channel, according to CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs. Thomas Robinson Domino Data Lab promoted Thomas Robinson to the CEO role in August. He succeeded co-founder Nick Elprin, who now leads Domino’s product and engineering organization as chief product officer, president and chairman of the board, according to a company statement. Robinson has been with the San Francisco-based data analytics platform provider for about 10 years, previously serving as chief operating officer. In that role, he was “responsible for revenue & go-to-market, leading Sales, Marketing, Professional Services, Customer Support, and Partnerships,” according to his LinkedIn account. His resume includes about 10 years with Bridgewater Associates, leaving the firm in 2016 as general manager of tech transformation. Domino has a partner program for consultancies, system integrators and other partner business models, according to the company’s website. Don Dama Don Dama became CEO of Aerospike in August. Dama joined the Mountain View, Calif.-based real-time state, context and decisioning platform provider after he served as senior vice president and general manager of SingleStore for about two years, according to his LinkedIn account. At SingleStore, he “delivered >300% incremental ARR growth, the largest acceleration in company history” and was “recruited to architect hyper-growth and position the company for a 3-year exit; achieved exit trajectory in 10 months,” according to his LinkedIn account. He also “drove 19 net-new logo wins, including 6 Fortune 500 customers, generating $6.4M+ in incremental ARR growth.” Aerospike has a partner program for system integrators, consultancies and other partner business models, according to its website. Jeff Clarke Avaya installed Jeff Clarke as CEO in August. Clarke succeeded Patrick Dennis, who became executive chair. Clarke came to the Morristown, N.J.-based communications vendor after about a year as CEO of Insurity, a cloud-based software provider for the insurance industry, according to his LinkedIn account. His resume includes CEO stints at customer communications management company Doxim and travel retail infrastructure provider Travelport, according to an Avaya statement. He has also served as chief operating officer at CA Technologies, executive vice president of global operations at Hewlett-Packard and chief financial officer at Compaq. Avaya has about 1,000 partners in North America, according to CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs. Subha Panyam Subha Panyam joined 66degrees in August, taking on the role of chief people officer. The Chicago-based company—No. 325 on CRN’s 2026 Solution Provider 500—hired Panyam after she worked at Hitachi Digital Services for about eight years. She left Hitachi with the title of senior director and global head of talent acquisition, according to her LinkedIn account. Hitachi Limited spun off its digital solutions business in 2023 as Hitachi Digital Services before combining it with its GlobalLogic subsidiary earlier this year. During her time with Hitachi, Panyam “identified revenue growth opportunities and launched and managed diverse recruitment campaigns, reinforcing the organization’s commitment to building an inclusive workplace” and “developed Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards to centralize recruitment data and streamline reporting processes,” among other accomplishments, according to her LinkedIn profile. Jolene Chan Jolene Chan joined Trilliad in August, taking on the role of president of data and technology services. In this role, she “will own the full leadership, performance and evolution of Trilliad’s Data & Technology Services (DTS) business including driving commercial results, delivery rigor and strategic relevance within Trilliad’s integrated growth model,” according to a company statement. Chan came to the Annapolis, Md.-based IT services provider and consultancy after about a year with Stitch, according to her LinkedIn profile. At Stitch, she “focused on productizing service offering that focus on business outcomes across the modern MarTech and Data Analytics/Intelligence Platform” and “helping marketers implement Braze and Databricks.” Her resume includes about four years with Coastal Cloud, leaving in 2025 as chief operating officer. TCS acquired Coastal in December. Dali Rajic Dali Rajic joined OpenAI in August as chief revenue officer. Rajic came to the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence tools maker after about three years with Wiz, according to his LinkedIn account. He helped lead Wiz as president and chief operating officer through its sale to Google. The sale closed in March. His resume includes about five years with Zscaler, leaving the security vendor in 2024 as chief operating officer. Craig Rones ConnectWise made Craig Rones chief marketing officer in August. In that role, he “will lead Global marketing strategy, brand, and demand generation, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Manny Rivelo,” according to a company statement. Rones joined the Tampa, Fla.-based IT services tools vendor after about five years with LevelBlue and Trustwave. He served as CMO for Trustwave through its 2025 sale to LevelBlue and stayed on to help with integration. His post-acquisition work included orchestrating “the global marketing integration, brand launch, and go-to-market architecture for the combined ~$1B entity,” according to his LinkedIn account. He also directed “the simultaneous consolidation of marketing functions, MarTech infrastructure, operational processes, and corporate cultures across Trustwave and 4 other simultaneous acquisitions (6 total entities) into a unified global engine; optimizing core operating budgets by 20%+ while scaling to absorb the broader portfolio.” ConnectWise’s 2026 partner program goals include “evolving the program to better support partner growth, clarity, and engagement” and strengthening “partner enablement and go-to-market support, particularly in high-growth solution areas such as cybersecurity and data protection,” according to CRN’s 2026 Partner Program Guide. Demis Hassabis As part of a shake-up of the AI leadership within Google parent Alphabet, Demis Hassabis moved from the role of CEO of Google’s DeepMind division to the role of Alphabet chief scientist and DeepMind chairman, Hassabis said in a LinkedIn post in August. The role change “allows him to put his full attention on actively shaping the future of AGI,” or artificial general intelligence, widely held as the moment AI can match or beat human intellectual capabilities, according to Alphabet. Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and sold it to Google in 2014. In 2024, he was one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on AI research in protein structure prediction. As part of his move, Google executive Koray Kavukcuoglu moved into the role of DeepMind senior vice president to “oversee Gemini model development, Frontier AI research, and the Gemini app and developer teams,” according to Mountain View, Calif.-based Alphabet. He also continues as Alphabet chief AI architect. And in August, Google DeepMind and Google Research Chief Scientist Jeff Dean left the company after 27 years to co-found and lead as CEO DiscoveryLoop alongside other departing Google employees. DiscoveryLoop is dedicated to automating machine learning, science and engineering, according to Dean’s LinkedIn account. Google has about 100,000 partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs. Chris Niederman In August, Chris Niederman became Ping Identity’s global senior vice president of channels and alliances. In this role, he leads “Ping Identity’s global channels and alliances strategy, partner go-to-market, and ecosystem growth” with a focus “on building a high-performing partner model that creates differentiated value for joint customers and accelerates growth across strategic alliances, GSIs, technology partners, and channel partners,” according to his LinkedIn account. He joined the Denver-based identity security vendor after about a year as Snowflake’s SVP of alliances and channels. He previously worked at Amazon Web Services for about 11 years, leaving in 2025 as managing director of the AWS Industries and Solutions team. Ping has a partner program for resellers, system integrators and other business models, according to the vendor. Nick Parker Nick Parker joined Nvidia in August, taking on the role of executive vice president leading worldwide field operations. Parker came to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker after about 27 years with Microsoft, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Microsoft with the title of chief business officer and president of worldwide sales and solutions, giving him a leadership position in Microsoft’s vast channel motion. His last role with Microsoft made Parker leader of “Microsoft's multi-hundred-billion-dollar worldwide sales business through GTM, specialized sales and engineering teams,” according to his LinkedIn account. Parker and his teams worked on “creating new industry market opportunity, increased sales and consumption with industry solutions, strategic deal origination and acceleration, depth and scale engagements, co-engineering, partner ecosystem success and go-to-market scale across Microsoft Commercial Solution Areas.” He ascended the ranks at Microsoft over the decades, from systems integrator partnerships director to general manager of worldwide HP and Microsoft product portfolio sales to Global Partner Solutions (GPS) group corporate vice president, president of the Industry & Partner Sales (IPS) organization and, finally, his CBO role. Parker’s move to Nvidia came at the same time as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vice President of Sales Enterprise and Global Accounts Monica Gille’s HPE departure to join Nvidia as vice president of global partnerships go-to-market. In her new role, Gille will be “accelerating the Enterprise AI and software stack adoption through channels and partnerships business development and GTM,” according to her LinkedIn account. Siew Hoon Goh In August, Siew Hoon Goh moved into a new role at Microsoft, becoming general manager and execution lead for aligning company priorities with execution by the technology giant’s Small, Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C) organization. Goh will work on building “a more connected approach across our business, bringing together GTM, Sales Enablement, and Customer Success into an integrated execution model,” she said in a LinkedIn post. Goh has been with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft for about 25 years, according to her LinkedIn account. She previously led Microsoft Vendor Digital Sales (VDS) efforts for the past three years. Monique Ferreira, a 19-year Microsoft veteran, has succeeded Goh as leader of the VDS effort. Goh has ascended the Microsoft ranks over the years with stints as senior controller for marketing and operations for Asia Pacific sales and marketing in Singapore, finance director for worldwide enterprise and partner group planning and strategy up to her previous GM for global VDS role, according to her LinkedIn account. Thomas McCrory Thomas McCrory became vice president of sales for the Americas for Keepit in August. In this role, he “will lead growth across the region, helping organizations understand why protected and recoverable data is the foundation of any AI strategy,” according to a company statement. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based cloud data protection company hired McCrory after he held the VP of Americas role at DataRobot for about a year, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also worked at Incorta for about five years, leaving in 2025 as senior vice president and head of global sales. Keepit’s 2026 partner program goals include simplifying “the operations / onboarding of new partners,” developing “a (pass-to-partner) lead flow to drive new business to and through our [partners]” and delivering “online technical certification and NFR demo environment to enable partners to run their own demos / POCs, and offer their own service add-ons, such as assessments and level 1 support,” according to CRN’s 2026 Partner Program Guide. Brian McClintock In August, Fusion Connect’s board made Brian McClintock interim CEO, succeeding Bill Wignall. In this role, McClintock “will work closely with the Company's leadership and employees to execute the operating plan approved by the Board, continuing the Company's strategic direction,” according to a company statement. McClintock has served as the Atlanta-based MSP’s chief financial officer since 2023, according to his LinkedIn account. His resume includes about two years as CFO of The Affiliati Network, which provides “performance marketing, providing services to a diverse base of Advertisers and Affiliates,” according to his LinkedIn account. Anthony Kennada Anthony Kennada joined Armada in August as chief marketing officer. The San Francisco-based AI products vendor hired Kennada after he worked as CEO of Goldenhour for about two years, according to his LinkedIn account. At Goldenhour, he “embedded as a marketing leader with AI-native companies across every stage — early-stage startups like Actively (AI revenue intelligence) and Eudia (AI for enterprise legal), public-scale organizations like Gainsight and Nextiva, and ecosystem leaders like Aperture Partners and Emergence Capital.” His resume includes working at Hopin for about a year as CMO, leaving in 2022. At Hopin, he grew the “marketing team from 4 to 47 and revenue from $65M to $100M+ ARR in less than one year” and “built Hopin’s demand creation engine from 0 to 1 by implementing martech stack and processes,” among other activities, according to his LinkedIn profile. RingCentral bought Hopin’s events and sessions assets in 2023. Armada has a partner program for VARs, MSPs, distributors and other partner business models, according to the company’s website. Brian Martin Cloudera made Brian Martin its chief technology officer for applied AI in August. Martin joined the Santa Clara, Calif.-based data and AI platform provider after about eight years with AbbVie, according to his LinkedIn account. He left AbbVie with the title of senior research fellow. He also served as head of AI in information research at the biopharmaceutical company. His resume includes about four years with Publicis Sapient, leaving in 2018 as director of technology and cognitive architecture lead for the AI and data practice. At Publicis, he worked on “helping design and develop knowledge systems leveraging AI capabilities like symbolic reasoning, machine learning, and deep learning” and helped with “system architecture and disaster recovery for Common Securitization Solutions - a joint venture of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” according to his LinkedIn profile. Cloudera has about 1,400 partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs. Sean Forkan Optiv brought on a new chief revenue officer in August—Sean Forkan. In this role, Forkan “will lead Optiv’s global revenue organization and go-to-market strategy, bringing together the company’s scale, cybersecurity expertise and expansive partner ecosystem to deepen client relationships, accelerate growth and capture new market opportunities,” according to a company statement. Forkan joined the Leawood, Kan.-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—after about two years as CRO of Black Duck Software, according to his LinkedIn profile. At Black Duck, he had “ARR responsibility in excess of 375 Million” and “led a worldwide team of over 500 individuals.” His resume includes about seven years with VMware, leaving in 2024 with the title of vice president of worldwide sales and go-to-market for the security and Carbon Black businesses. In that role, he had “ARR responsibility in excess of 350 Million” and “led a worldwide team of over 500 individuals,” according to his LinkedIn account. Broadcom acquired VMware in 2023. Darren Estridge Darren Estridge in August took on the role of chief growth officer at MGT. Estridge came to the Tampa, Fla.-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—after about a year with Absolute Security, according to his LinkedIn profile. He served as Absolute’s senior vice president for public sector, “building the company's public sector go-to-market from the ground up” and acting as “P&L owner for all government revenue, strategy, and ecosystem development.” His resume includes about two years with Palo Alto Networks, leaving the security vendor in 2025 as vice president of state and local government education sales. In that role, he “led a $967M SLED business with a team of 175 (400+ extended)” and “delivered 23%+ YoY revenue growth, scaled headcount by 50%+, and built a five-year strategic plan targeting 30%+ share in a $3.7B cybersecurity TAM,” according to his LinkedIn profile. Marcie Small CACI International promoted Marcie Small to the role of executive vice president and chief human resources officer in August. She succeeded Angie Combs, according to a company statement. Small has been with the Reston, Va.-based company—No. 20 on CRN’s 2026 Solution Provider 500—for about 15 years, according to her LinkedIn account. She most recently served as senior vice president of talent acquisition and growth for about two years. Past roles at CACI include manager of recruiting initiatives, programs, sourcing and talent development and mobility, plus executive director of talent acquisition for the National Security & Innovative Solutions (NSIS) sector. Mechelle Buys du Plessis Mechelle Buys du Plessis joined C1 in August as vice president of channel revenue growth. The Bloomington, Minn.-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—hired her after about three years with Cisco, according to her LinkedIn account. She left Cisco with the title of senior director of global strategic partners. Her resume includes about two years with Accenture, leaving in 2023 as a managing director for cloud-first, hybrid and emerging platforms as well as Accenture VMware Business Group (AVBG) lead. Lisa Beaudoin DXC Technology promoted Lisa Beaudoin in August to the role of chief product officer. As CPO, she “will lead a newly unified product development organization spanning DXC's portfolio, with responsibility for product strategy, engineering, lifecycle management, and market execution,” according to a company statement. Beaudoin has been with the Ashburn, Va.-based company—No. 16 on CRN’s 2026 Solution Provider 500—for about two years, previously serving as vice president of platform innovation and automation, according to her LinkedIn account. She co-led the development and launch of DXC Oasis, bringing together product strategy, technical innovation and customer insight to take the company's AI platform from concept to production in about a year, according to DXC. The platform is in production with 57 customers. Before DXC, Beaudoin served as chief customer officer at Brightspot, a content management system provider she co-founded in 2008. Norman Guadagno Norman Guadagno joined New Era Technology as chief marketing officer in August. The West Chester, Pa.-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—brought on Guadagno after he worked at TechCXO for about a year. At TechCXO, he provided “full-time and fractional CMO and marketing consulting services to B2B technology companies,” including New Era, according to his LinkedIn profile. His resume includes about two years as CMO of Mimecast, leaving the security vendor in 2024, and a year as CEO of media agency Norbella. He left Norbella in 2022. Cari Hash In August, Driven Tech brought on a new senior vice president of sales for the Southeast—Cari Hash. The New York-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—hired Hash after she worked at Compucom for about two years, according to her LinkedIn account. She left Compucom with the title of VP of sales. In that role, she integrated “CRM-driven forecasting and pipeline governance, improving sales visibility and deal velocity” and drove “managed services expansion integrating AI automation for operational efficiency and predictive analytics” among other activities. Her resume includes about five years with Converge Technology Solutions Corp. She left the solution provider in 2024 as VP of global integration and deployment services. In that role, she “achieved double-digit organic growth through solution-selling and lifecycle management programs” and “expanded managed services portfolio via OEM alignment and strategic alliances with Microsoft, Cisco, Lenovo and others,” among other activities. Converge merged with Mainline Information Systems in 2025, becoming Pellera Technologies. Christophe Van de Weyer Ericsson’s Vonage division made Christophe Van de Weyer its new CEO in August. Van de Weyer previously served as president and head of the Holmdel, N.J.-based networking vendor’s communications-platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) and network application programming interfaces (API) business unit, according to his LinkedIn account. In that role, he led a “team of >1,000 employees across Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Carrier Management, Developer Relations and Customer Operations” and worked on “building network-powered digital solutions that combine the communication and advanced network capabilities of Ericsson, Aduna Global, and Vonage to boost enterprise efficiency, elevate customer experience, and (driving) deeper end-user engagement.” His resume includes CEO of Proximus Group’s Telesign business for about two years, growing the company to more than $500 million in sales and a global team of 800 employees, according to his LinkedIn account. He held other leadership roles at Proximus over his five-year career there. Vonage has about 5,000 partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs. John Kuhn John Kuhn changed roles at Cyderes in August, becoming vice president of AI. In this role, he is focused on “building the internal AI operating model” and “establishing the guardrails that let adoption move fast without creating exposure,” according to his LinkedIn account. He is also “standing up a program that lets people outside engineering build and ship their own automations and agents inside a sanctioned environment” and “designing multi agent workflows with human review built in, aimed at real operational problems including detection and response pipelines, enrichment and triage, and customer facing workflows, with a bias toward systems that survive contact with production.” Kuhn has been with the Kansas City, Mo.-based company—No. 124 on CRN’s 2026 Solution Provider 500—for about three years, according to his LinkedIn account. He joined Cyderes in 2024 as VP of security services. His resume includes about 17 years with IBM. He left IBM in 2024 with the title of global cybersecurity delivery director for the technology giant’s IBM Consulting division. Adam Nolan In August, Tusker brought on a new chief financial officer—Adam Nolan. Nolan joined the Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based company—a 2026 CRN MSP 500 honoree—after about a year as CFO of parking and tolling technology provider Duncan Solutions, according to his LinkedIn account. His resume includes about 14 years with Kincentric and Aon, leaving Kincentric in 2024 as CFO. He joined Aon in 2010 as vice president of U.S. retirement. The Spencer Stuart executive search and leadership advisory firm bought a variety of business units from Aon in 2019 and used those businesses to launch Kincentric the same year. In 2024, Spencer Stuart transitioned parts of the business to professional services firm Mercer, now known as Marsh. Raphael Erb Raphael Erb became sole CEO of SoftwareOne in August after sharing a co-CEO position with Melissa Mulholland, who departed the solution provider. The two executives became co-CEOs after the 2025 merger of Stans, Switzerland-based SoftwareOne, where Erb had served as CEO since 2024, and Crayon, where Mulholland had served as CEO since 2021. As co-CEO of the combined company—No. 43 on CRN’s 2026 Solution Provider 500—Erb handled “the company's commercial operations, services business and marketplace” while Mulholland “managed strategy development, customer platforms and global functions, among others,” according to a company statement. He now leads all aspects of the business. Erb has been with SoftwareOne since 1999, climbing the ranks from inside sales team leader to account manager and Singapore country leader all the way to president of the Asia Pacific region, chief revenue officer and, in 2024, group CEO, according to his LinkedIn account.