Business management software vendor ECI Software Solutions has hired Gino Granata as its first channel manager for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. In the role, Granata will be tasked with expanding the vendor’s channel programme and developing strategic alliances and channel partnerships with manufacturing consultants, system integrators, resellers, and industry stakeholders from around the region. He will also drive specialist enablement programmes, which will include a focus on ECI’s Deacom, M1, and JobBOSS² enterprise resource planning (ERP) products.