#Cloud #datamanagement and data protection vendor @Rubrik Thursday introduced former @Google #Cloud channel executive @BertrandYansouni as its new channel chief. Yansouni joins Palo Alto, Calif.-based Rubrik as the company's new vice president of worldwide channels, where he reports to Mark Smith, Rubrik's executive vice president of global sales and business development. Yansouni for the last year served as vice president of global partner sales and strategic alliances at Google Cloud. Prior to Google Cloud, he spent about four years at @Cloudera, a Palo Alto.-based startup developer of @Apache #Hadoop-based data management technology where he eventually rose to the position of vice president of global partner sales. Related: [CRN Exclusive: Storage Startup Rubrik Gets First Channel Chief, Promises Big Changes For Partners] While Google Cloud was a wonderful opportunity, Yansouni told CRN, the lure of returning to the startup race was too attractive. "I love startups," he said. "I love the execution, the speed. So I'm very happy to be with Rubrik and this exciting environment. Rubrik offers a high-growth environment, and I have ambitious plans. I'm very excited to help execute on the big plans we've got." [Sponsored Suggested Post: IoTConnex Virtual Conference On Demand Discover new IoT research and insights. Hear solution provider success stories. Find your IoT opportunity.] Yansouni said he could not discuss those big plans in detail. However, he said, the company has a couple of primary initiatives for its fiscal year 2019, which starts on Feb. 1. The first is a focus on technology enablement with new programs to bring the company's internal technical capabilities to its channel partners. "We want partners to handle more of the sales call by becoming experts in demonstrations, proofs of concept and sales leads," he said. "We have amazing tech, but it has to be learned." The second is a new focus by regional sales managers and sales reps in each sub-region on partners who bring the best skills and capabilities to Rubrik. "We will be expanding our pre-sales, sales and marketing teams," he said. Yansouni said one of his personal initiatives is to get his feet wet with the Rubrik channel program as quickly as possible by looking at programs and ways to evolve them. "I want to look at how we can make our company more rewarding to partners, and how to best use our tools such as our portal and deal registration," he said. "We don't want these to be just tools that partners use, but tools that partners love to use."
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