Dell has announced the appointment of Andre Valiquette as the new Canadian Channel Leader. He succeeds Deanna Thomson, whose retirement was announced last month.

Valiquette is a 19-year veteran of Dell. He joined the company in 2006 as a Notebook Brand Manager and has held a broad variety of roles since then, Marketing positions include Director of Software and Peripherals Marketing, and Director of SMB Marketing. From there, he moved to Director of Inside Sales, SMB in 2011, followed by National Director of Inside Sales in 2013. His most position, from September 2017, was Dell EMC’s Vice President of Commercial Sales for the Central East region of Canada where he had responsibility for the region’s sales efforts in coordination with the Dell EMC partner network.

ChannelBuzz will speak with Valiquette about his new role, just as soon as Dell EMC makes him available for briefings.