BlackBerry names Thales’ Graeme Pyper as new APAC channel lead BlackBerry names Thales’ Graeme Pyper as new APAC channel lead Pyper takes on the role that Joe McPhillips, former BlackBerry director of channel sales for APAC, held until November last year. Graeme Pyper (BlackBerry) Credit: Christine Wong Cyber security solutions vendor BlackBerry as taken on former Thales Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands regional director Graeme Pyper as its new channel lead for the Asia Pacific region. As BlackBerry’s new APAC channel partner and alliances sales director, Pyper takes on the role that Joe McPhillips, former BlackBerry director of channel sales for APAC, held until November last year, when he left the company.