Meet Our Leadership
Alex Ryals
Vice President,
Global Security Solutions
Alex Ryals serves as Vice President of Global Security Solutions for Tech Data. In this role, he's responsible for providing the strategic direction and driving security sales performance across multiple routes to market and vendor lines worldwide, while responding to industry, channel and market trends. This includes aligning security strategies and actions to deliver a competitive advantage within the security ecosystem, growing Tech Data's brand recognition in world-class security capabilities, and serving an MSP community through strategically focused offerings, custom-made for solutions providers.
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Tracy Holtz
Vice President,
Security Solutions, North America
Tracy Holtz serves as Vice President of Security Solutions in North America for Tech Data. She joined the company in December of 1996 and brings over 24 years of strategic channel knowledge to the team. In this role, she is responsible for accelerating the sales of security solutions through the Tech Data partner ecosystem. By leveraging vendor sales, training and enablement, custom solutions and delivery services, Tracy's team helps partners build security practices and recruits new vendors into the Tech Data family.
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Chris DesRosiers
Director,
Security Solution Sales
Chris DesRosiers has been serving as Director of Security Business Development for Tech Data since February 2018. In this role, he's responsible for growing the sales of security solutions through the Tech Data partner ecosystem. Chris' teams include a telemarketing sales prospecting team, a team of security-agnostic solutions sales reps, a security services sales reps team and security solution practice consultant team. His goal is to ensure all these teams work in tandem to help deliver the award-winning Tech Data Security Practice Builder Partner Program to North American VARs, MSPs and MSSPs.
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Brett L. Scott
Director,
Security Enablement and Training, Americas
Brett L. Scott serves as the director of Security Enablement and Training, Americas for Tech Data. In this role, he is responsible for accelerating the security expertise of our partners and building security solutions for the Tech Data partner ecosystem to deliver to their customers. Scott's current project is the Tech Data Cyber Range (TDCR). A multi-million-dollar effort, the TDCR is part of Tech Data's next-generation distributor strategy. Brett is the co-founder of the National Cyber Warfare Foundation (NCWF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization leading the country in teaching hands-on cybersecurity skills in a real-world environment. The primary purpose of the NCWF and the Tech Data Cyber Range is to develop real competence in cybersecurity. His career began professionally in 1987 and he remains hands-on, but he also has many years of experience leading technical teams. During his career, he has worked in many different industries and has a great deal of in-depth knowledge on cybersecurity issues facing companies today.
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