Makonnen

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ABOUT MAKONNEN

Mes is a globally experienced technology executive with more than 3 decades in the ICT industry, having worked across 47 countries, including 24 in Africa, and visited 105 international cities.At Kion, Mes helps turn customers into fans by enabling organizations to maximize the value of the cloud through governance, management, and enablement, driving measurable business outcomes and sustainable growth.Throughout his career, Mes has led high-performing teams across cloud, data centers, consulting, systems integration, applications, security, big data, mobility, product development, hardware, software, and technology services. He is a multilingual, motivational leader known for building diverse teams and delivering results through a pragmatic, execution-focused leadership style.Previously, Mes served as Regional Managing Director at HPE, leading the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, with accountability for 15 country offices spanning more than 40 African countries and French territories. Prior to HPE, he held progressively senior roles at Dell, beginning in product development and culminating in solutions sales leadership, consistently delivering strong performance and growth.Guided by the philosophy “Think global, act local,” Mes excels at translating complex global strategies into customer-centric, revenue-driving execution. A strong advocate for simplicity and action, he believes that a clear strategy, well executed, outperforms complexity.Mes continues to embrace emerging technologies across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, bringing deep expertise in partner and channel management, deal structuring, negotiations, and sales execution.