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Novell Names North Americas Channel President

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Published: Nov 1, 2006

Updated: Feb 2, 2021

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Novell on Nov. 1 named Troy Richardson as president of Novell Americas.

Richardson, formerly vice president and general manager of sales for Novells Northeast region, will be responsible for the full range of Novells sales and consulting business across the U.S., Latin America, and Canada.

Along with this change, Susan Heystee, the former president of Novell Americas, becomes the VP and general manager for global strategic alliances, a newly created position that recognizes the importance of Novells partner community to Novells success.

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Richardson has over 22 years in the technology industry, with a proven track record for consistently delivering significant revenue and profit growth and building high-performance teams, according to Novell.

Richardson joined Novell in July 2005 as VP and general manager for the Northeast Area.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of publications. You'll find most of my stories in Linux-Watch, DesktopLinux and eWEEK. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, I worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects.

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