Avnet Partner Solutions Selects Gavin Miller to Lead Business in Canada.TEMPE, Ariz. -- Avnet Partner Solutions, a value-added distributor and provider of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, today announced the appointment of Gavin Miller Gavin John Miller (born Inverell, New South Wales, January 4, 1960) was an Australian rugby league player who predominantly played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks but also for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Eastern Suburbs in the National Rugby League competition and for Hull as vice president and general manager for Canada. In this position, Miller is responsible for driving sales growth of Avnet Partner Solutions' leading hardware and software brands through flexible partnerships that leverage the best expertise required for customer solutions. "The Canadian market is a key component of our growth strategy for Avnet Partner Solutions," said Steve Tepedino, president of Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas. "Our excellent and growing partner base, a strong Canadian Avnet team, and Gavin's leadership create a winning combination." Miller's extensive channel experience includes more than 11 years of sales and marketing experience in the IT industry. He has considerable expertise in worldwide market and business development and sales operations. Miller has held several key management positions for one of the most successful solution providers in Canada, and he will use his intimate knowledge of the Canadian marketplace to help Avnet Partner Solutions achieve its growth goals in the Americas. Miller holds a Bachelor of Business Administration “BBA” redirects here. For other uses, see BBA (disambiguation). The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business studies. degree from the University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. The university has two main campuses: the principal campus founded in 1785 in Fredericton and a smaller campus which was opened in Saint John in 1964. , Fredericton, NB. About Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is an industry-leading, value-added distributor and provider of enterprise servers, storage, software and services with operations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Mexico and Canada. Avnet Partner Solutions provides solutions from industry-leading manufacturers including EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, Network Appliance, Oracle, StorageTek and VERITAS -- driving growth for partners and manufacturers. Visit www.aps.avnet.com. Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is part of the Avnet Technology Solutions operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), which enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 250 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities which help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. Avnet generated more than $10 billion in revenue in fiscal 2004 (year ended July 3, 2004) through sales in 68 countries. Visit www.avnet.com. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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