The manager boasts thirty years of experience in companies in the IT sector, with a valid background in product marketing and in the commercial area for direct and indirect sales of HPE
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure solutions, announces the appointment of Gianpietro Chiumento to IT Channel Resellers Manager for Italy of Vertiv. Chiumento operates from the Milan offices and, as a member of the team working on the IT channel, will be responsible for increasing the Reseller, VAR and System Integrator business on the Italian territory.
The manager has always worked in companies in the technology sector, starting in 1990 in a company of the Olivetti group, then continuing in Siemens Nixdorf and Nec CI Computer, arriving in 2007 in HP and then HPE, where, for over ten years he contributed to the development and implementation of the partners' business and alliance strategies. More recently Chiumento was Sales Manager of SourceSence, a startup founded at the beginning of the millennium, with the aim of promoting the use of Open Source software in the Enterprise sector.
“The entry of Gianpietro into the Channel Team Italy confirms our utmost attention to the development of the IT channel with a focus on Resellers, Corporate Resellers, VARs and ISVs – underlines Saadi Slimane, Channel Sales Director EMEA at Vertiv. – Chiumento will be able to refine and consolidate our growth strategies in this market segment, significantly increasing brand awareness and market share of the entire product portfolio integrated into the Vertiv Partner Program. He will collaborate with the marketing area to develop specific initiatives and to guide the development of new businesses together with resellers throughout Italy."
Locally Chiumento will work closely with Stefano Mozzato, Country Manager Italy, thus making available to partners all the expertise acquired by Vertiv in decades of global experience in the design, implementation and supply of services for critical infrastructures essential in data centers, communication networks, as well as in commercial and industrial environments.
"It is a pleasure and an honor for me to become part of the Vertiv family - highlights Gianpietro Chiumento - The management of the partner eco-system is complex as in addition to the constantly moving market, the companies' strategies also change according to needs, but I have been lucky enough to live in close contact for many years with the development team of services, products and solutions, contributing personally to signing new partnerships and alliances aimed at also implementing cross selling activities. I am looking forward to contributing to the growth of the Reseller channel and to make Vertiv increasingly competitive on the Italian market".
Chiumento studied Statistics at the Sacred Heart Catholic University of Milan, obtained a degree in Economics and Business from the University of Milan and subsequently a Master in spin selling (sales certification, forecasting via CRM) from Huthwaiste University in Dublin and an MBA from IMPAC University in Florida.
To find out more about Vertiv's Channel Partner Program: Partners.Vertiv.com
