19 Per Cent Growth Sees Channel Success for Mindjet

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17 May, 2012, 06:00 GMT

LONDON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

The collaborative work management company strengthens its commitment to the channel with four new hires

Collaborative Work Management provider Mindjet® has reported strong growth in the channel in 2011 with a 19 per cent increase in its core European markets. The Netherlands and the Nordics boast a growth of 27 per cent and 22 per cent respectively, followed by the UK at 12 per cent.

Reflecting this success and continued dedication in this area, Mindjet has expanded its team by recruiting four new Channel Managers in its NEWS region, which looks after the UK, Northern Europe and Emerging Markets. They are responsible for maximising growth in their regions by using their extensive experience to support and develop new and existing channel partners.  

Alexis Gorton joins Mindjet as the UK Channel Manager and will be responsible for driving the region to achieve its growth rate targets. Gorton previously worked at Noble Security Group, managing OEM sales, Channel Sales and Sales Operations for EMEA. Prior to Noble, Gorton was at Dell for 11 years in various roles, most recently selling and project managing hardware and software deployments into large Corporate and Public Sector accounts.

Jeroen Van Der Lugt is responsible for the channel in the Netherlands and Luxembourg and is based in the former. He brings over 15 years of channel experience to the team, including 10 years at security specialist RSA. Van Der Lugt will look to identify, develop and support the channel partners to optimize the revenue in the region.

Bruce Skjolde has taken responsibility for the channel in MEA & Emerging Markets, covering South Africa, the Middle East, Iceland and Ireland. He has spent the last seven years working in the channel, working not only for a number of global hardware and software vendors but also running his own channel enablement company for two years. Skjolde is using his focused approach and experience in both sales and channel management to develop customer relationships and ensure adequate support and training is provided to promote growth in the region.

Frida Nystedt will join Mindjet as Channel Manager in the Nordics later this month after holding the same position at Mimecast and previous to that working as Sales and Account Manager at both Symantec and McAfee. Based in the UK she brings a wealth of IT sales and channel experience to the team and will be using her drive and track record of success to maximise Mindjet's performance in this area.

Chris Harman, Regional Vice President for Mindjet, comments: "2011 was an important year for us having continued to sustain multiple years of high growth, announced major product launches and affirmed our mobile offering to help companies and their teams work smarter together. It is testament to the dedication and expertise of our channel partners that we have been successful in doing this. The channel is very important to us and the addition of four new members to our channel team will ensure we continue supporting our partners in growing their own business and achieving continued success together with Mindjet in 2012."

This success in the channel follows Mindjet announcing more than 20 per cent overall global growth last year - new product releases propelled bookings bringing in over 1 million mobile users and took the number of paying customers to over 2 million.

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