Zyxel Communications announced the appointment of Mamoun Abdullah as the company's General Manager and Head of Channel for the Middle East region. Under his new position with the company, Abdullah will oversee the Middle East's channel operations--placing key focus on identifying, mentoring and managing potential as well as current partners to grow in regional business of Zyxel. Abdullah is expected to lead the company's continuing efforts to establish itself as the most channel friendly company while also implementing strategies that are aimed at increase effectiveness of marketing and communication to maximize the recall factor among channel partners. With over 16 years of experience in Channel Sales management, business development, managed services, product strategy management and team management, Abdullah is highly experienced in the field of Information Technology, Networking, and Security. He will be based in Zyxel's Dubai office and will be reporting directly to David Sorensen, Regional Director for Northern Europe, Benelux and Emerging Markets.