The executive vice president, Jim Lewandowski. of the computer business specializing in security products McAfee announced he would be leaving the position effective in February.  A McAfee spokesperson stated his full resignation will take place at the end of this month.  His departure from the computer business is apparently neither part of last week’s 125-person layoff, nor a firing.  McAfee will replace Lewandowski by the end of March.

Lewandowski was in charge of field sales in the Americas for the McAfee System Protection and McAfee Network Protection solution sets.  His name has already been removed from the computer business’ phone directory, and his responsibilities have been delegated to Roger King, the executive vice president of worldwide sales.  King was formerly president of Software Spectrum and started work for McAfee in October.

Lewandowski was a well-respected leader in direct and channel sales, and his resignation comes as a surprise to many solution providers that had worked with him over the years.

McAfee had apparently announced the computer business had been looking at decreasing the number of sales people, but no one suspected Lewandowski would choose to leave the company.

McAfee laid off 20 channel staff in August in order to shift focus to partners that cater to SMB’s and also lost four marketing team members last week.  Though many solution providers are surprised by the channel team’s plan to decrease in size, many feel that the move is not a bad thing.  The downsizing may help McAfee better support partners deciding to sell sophisticated solutions like security risk management products and others.

Computer business McAfee hopes to rebuild its channel around more high-end products.

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