Pax8 appoints Patara Yongvanich as sales vice president

Patara Yongvanich has joined the company's Asia team as sales vice president.

In his role, Yongvanich is responsible for building the company's team across Asia, including key markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

Yongvanich is a senior business and technology executive with experience in the strategic positioning and deployment of enterprise software applications and subscription-based cloud services.

He is a recognised expert in helping global organisations and channel partners optimise critical business processes to drive top-line growth together with bottom-line profitability. Most recently, Yongvanich held the position of rhipe Asia Pacific sales general manager.

As part of the company's expansion into Asia, Chris Sharp has been appointed as Pax8 Asia CEO and will continue to lead the company's expansion into the new markets.

"We are thrilled to welcome Patara with his extensive experience constructing and inspiring teams in Asia as we continue to expand and grow the Pax8 Asia business," Sharp says.

"We understand the importance of building strategies and recruiting talent locally to best meet the needs of the markets.

"Businesses in the APAC region are increasingly turning to managed service providers that can help orchestrate the end-to-end journey to the cloud. Pax8 is well-positioned to enable that growth," Sharp adds.

"I'm thrilled to join Pax8, an organisation with proven global best practices around channel transformation and one that is fully commitment to our local markets in Asia," Yongvanich says.

"Joining this fast-growing team when businesses need cloud services more than ever in the Asian market is exciting.

"We see endless opportunities to digitise businesses and enable them to grow and scale with the benefits Pax8 provides through its MSPs."