M.Tech picks ex-Sophos exec Steve Smith as new Kiwi channel lead After leaving Sophos in September Steve Smith (M.Tech) Credit: Supplied Singapore-headquartered cyber security solution distribution specialist M.Tech has appointed former Sophos New Zealand channel manager Steve Smith as its new channel director for the local market. Smith comes to the newly-created position with the value-added distributor after roughly one-and-a-half years with Sophos, which he left in September, in a role that saw him charged with developing and growing all aspects of the vendor’s channel business across New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. No stranger to the channel, Smith spent more than eight years at Ingram Micro before taking up with Sophos, his final role at the distributor being that of HP Enterprise Group business manager, in which he was responsible for leading the HPE Enterprise business for Ingram Micro across New Zealand.