Before joining Horizon Equip, Laura Harman had been Partner Account Manager at Clarity Technology, another operating division of Horizon UK. During the three years she spent in that role, she achieved significant success in developing her accounts and helped Affiniti to become Clarity’s largest partner. Previous to Clarity, Laura had spent several successful years working for resellers in end user sales and had worked closely with Clarity as their distributor of choice.
“Horizon Equip has an enviable reputation in the channel based on the quality of its vendor partnerships and the professional support services it offers to its partners,” said Laura Harman, Business Unit Manager, Horizon Equip. “ We have already seen significant investment in staff and services which we will build on to take the division forward and achieve our objective of becoming the leading partner in the UK for each of our vendors – which I have every confidence we will realise.”
Dave Park has over 12 years experience in a variety of sales and management roles in the IT channel. Dave has previously worked for Teksys, a Microsoft centric consultancy, as an Account Director developing its customer base and account territory which made a significant contribution to the overall growth and success of the business. Joining Equip in 2004, Dave has had a succession of promotions after surpassing targets and eventually became Regional Sales Manager before assuming the position of Business Unit Manager.
“Horizon Equip only works with the acknowledged leading and proven technologies such as F5, Nortel, Juniper and Blue Coat. Our aim is to ensure that the company is the channel centre of excellence in the UK for each vendor’s technology by offering in depth skilled resources to partners,” said Dave Park, Business Unit Manager, Horizon Equip. “ As a division of Horizon UK, we’re committed to providing easy access to expert service and support to develop markets for our channel partners and realise sales opportunities.”