Citrix has appointed Pilkku Aasma as its new Vice President of Partner Sales in the EMEA region. She follows Daren Finney, who was promoted to Chief Operating Officer for the Citrix channel organization worldwide. Both roles report to Bronwyn Hastings, Senior VP of the Worldwide Channel Sales and Ecosystem.
Aasma joins Citrix after two decades in a wide range of multiple markets and leadership positions at Microsoft. Most recently she led the Small, Medium & Corporate Segment sales and marketing in Germany.
Prior to that she had direct responsibility for Microsoft’s 40,000 partners in Germany and held various sales and operations leadership roles in Western Europe, and Central & Eastern Europe.
Feb 9, 2021
Citrix has announced the appointment of Pilkku Aasma to the position of vice-president: partner sales EMEA.
She will be responsible for strengthening the company’s commitment to its EMEA partners ecosystem and their long-term success and profitability, and prioritizing the expansion of the digital workspace skills and capabilities of partners to support remote work and an engaging employee experience.
Aasma follows Daren Finney, who was promoted to chief operating officer for the Citrix channel organisation worldwide.
Both roles report to Bronwyn Hastings, senior vice-president: worldwide channel sales and ecosystem.
Aasma joins Citrix after two decades in a wide range of multiple markets and leadership positions at Microsoft.
Lauri Haav, who has more than 20 years of experience in the field of IT and fintech, will lead the development and implementation of the strategy for the next wave of the joint e-residency program of Estonian state agencies.
Haav has been elected CEO by the e-residency supervisory board and will start working for the program from January 4.
Haav co-founded MarkIT.eu and has previously held leading positions in Estonian IT and fintech companies Proekspert, Monese and Helmes. He studied English language and literature at the University of Tartu and international business management at Concordia International University Estonia. I joined the e-Residency team with the desire to give back to Estonia - my motivation is that simple. I can make the best use of my previous experience and network in managing the program. E-Residency has given the Estonian state a good opportunity to punch above its weight and has realized the vision of the state as a service, Haav said.
Key summit meetings looking increasingly unfeasible within the year
Posted : 2020-12-11 17:21
Updated : 2020-12-13 20:30
President Moon Jae-in departs for Chengu, China, the venue of the 2019 Korea-China-Japan summit from an airport in Beijing, Dec. 23, 2019, after a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae-
By Do Je-hae
This has been a bad year for summitry due to COVID-19, but Cheong Wa Dae has nonetheless shown strong determination for arranging a Korea-Japan-China summit as well as a Korea-China summit.
With the end of the year only weeks away, the two summits are looking increasingly unfeasible within the year. On the outside, the continued surge in COVID-19 cases is a big reason for further delaying both occasions, but when looking closely, unresolved differences are making it more difficult to finalize them.