Renaissance BDM jumps ship

As reported by The Channel at the end of last month, New Zealand-based cloud email security firm SMX has signed up former Renaissance Business Development Manager, Chris Kidd, as New Zealand Channel Manager.

Kidd will be responsible for the SMX reseller network which includes 110 resellers.

At Renaissance Kidd was involved in networking and security products like SonicWall Security, Brocade, Allot, Palo Alto, McAfee and Aspen Optics.

Michael Murphy, SMX Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand, said, “Chris Kidd makes a strong addition to the SMX team. His experience in both channel management and channel business development will be invaluable as we set our sights on becoming the premier cloud-based email security service provider across New Zealand and Australia.”

Kidd added, “I’m pleased to be working with a New Zealand company offering a really outstanding cloud email anti-spam and anti-virus service.”