Wanted: New McAfee channel chief

Roger King, executive vice president of channels for McAfee is no longer executive vice president of channels for McAfee.  According to a company spokeswoman, he has left the company.

Fernando Quintero, who joined the company in 2002, was recently promoted to VP of channel operations for the Americas and has been on something of a publicity  blitz of late.

But, as for the worldwide channel chief, McAfee (in spoke-speak) said that it has:

“initiated an aggressive global search for a new leader of global channels. With an experienced team of regional channel leads, we are confident in our ability to make this a smooth transition and ultimately launch our channel program to even bigger and better levels.”

The vendor is no stranger to channel management turmoil.  Last year it brought in Lisa Loe from Symantec over long-timer channel vice president David Dickinson. She lasted three months.