Former Forsythe VP Joins Rival Logicalis

McDowell, who left Forsythe in July in the wake of a reorganization at the Skokie, Ill.-based solution provider, will be responsible for all of Logicalis' vendor partner relationships, including IBM, Cisco Systems, EMC and Hewlett-Packard. Logicalis and Forsythe are two of HP's largest North American enterprise solution providers.

McDowell, who reports to Logicalis CEO Mike Cox, said he will also have a key role in integrating recently acquired IBM Business Partner STI into Logicalis' operations.

"The experience I bring to Logicalis adds a lot of depth to an already experienced management team," McDowell said. "This shows a commitment on Logicalis' part to continue to grow through acquisitions and key hires."

In addition to last month's acquisition of STI, a $90 million IBM Premier partner, Logicalis is close to wrapping up a deal to acquire an HP enterprise solution provider, Cox said.

McDowell, who had been at Forsythe for more than nine years, was the president of HP's Enterprise Partner Council and the point man for the solution provider's HP, IBM and Sun Microsystems vendor relationships.