JERSEY CITY, N.J., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AvePoint, the
largest data management solutions provider for the Microsoft cloud,
announced today it has hired CollabTalk Founder and CEO
Christian Buckley as its Microsoft
Go-To-Market Director.
Buckley is a well-known Microsoft technology expert. He has
provided go-to-market guidance for dozens of companies, authored
six books on enterprise collaboration and created the popular
productivity blog buckleyPlanet.
He currently holds Microsoft MVP and Regional Director
designations. Less than 200 people worldwide hold the title of
Regional Director, which Microsoft reserves for the most respected
independent voices in its ecosystem.
In his role, Buckley will lead partnership efforts across
product engineering, marketing, and field team co-sell between
AvePoint and Microsoft as well as manage strategic Microsoft
corporate relationships.
"As Microsoft's top global co-sell partner for Microsoft Teams,
it is essential that AvePoint and Microsoft are aligned in our
vision and understanding of customer values and uses cases," said
Dr. Tianyi Jiang, CEO, AvePoint.
"Christian will play an important role in ensuring our technology
evolves alongside Microsoft to solve those critical last-mile needs
that make organizations' digital collaboration more productive,
secure and compliant in Microsoft 365."
"I've witnessed the value of AvePoint's customer-centric
solutions, consistent growth and close partnership with Microsoft
over the last 19 years," said Buckley. "AvePoint is the clear
leader in data management solutions for digital collaboration.
After years of watching from the sidelines, I'm excited to play an
active role in helping shape that leadership position in the years
to come."
About AvePoint
AvePoint enables you to collaborate with confidence. Our data
management solutions help our diverse, global customer base
overcome complex transformation, governance, and compliance
challenges in the Microsoft cloud. A five-time winner of the Global
Microsoft Partner of the Year award, AvePoint offers the only full
suite of SaaS solutions to migrate, manage and protect data in
Microsoft 365. More than 7 million cloud users, including a quarter
of the Fortune 500, rely on our solutions. Our SaaS solutions are
also available to managed service providers, so they can better
support and manage their small and mid-sized business customers.
Our multi-tenant solutions are available from over a dozen
distributors in more than 100 cloud marketplaces worldwide. Founded
in 2001, AvePoint is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. For more information,
visit https://www.avepoint.com.
Contact for media and investors:
Michael Segner
(703) 214-0522; Michael.segner@avepoint.com
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SOURCE AvePoint, Inc.