K3 Fashion Portfolio strengthens global market position as Tony Bryant spearheads new role

K3 Business Technology Group has announced Tony Bryant as Global Partner Channel & Microsoft Alliance VP within the K3 Fashion Portfolio, alongside the addition of Katy Schiele as North America Microsoft Alliance Director.

The K3 Fashion Portfolio aligns product developers, fashion advisory experts, and the go-to-market teams into one division, providing far deeper scope, vision, collaboration, and innovation than ever before. The mission of the Fashion Portfolio is to revolutionize the fashion ERP industry through its continued development of best-in-suite technology solutions focused on solving the unique challenges fashion and apparel brands navigate.

Tony Bryant’s promotion follows the implementation of an extended leadership team structure within the K3 Fashion Portfolio, enabling him to leverage his experience as Global Microsoft Alliance Director, alongside relationships with the Microsoft leadership team and stakeholders, to drive greater business outcomes worldwide.

Within his new role, Tony will spearhead the global partner channel network, overseeing the K3 Fashion Portfolio’s partners across North America, Europe, the UK, and APAC.

Over the last two and a half years, K3 has invested heavily in North America as part of its expansion plans. The move was marked with the appointment of Kimberly Morgan, who now holds the position of Chief Commercial and Operations Officer. Kimberly has since bolstered the North American division with several key hires in the US.

These include Tina Terrezza, Senior Channel Partner Director across the Americas, Dallas Horne, Senior Enterprise Sales Director, as well as Drew Kellerman and Kevin Grady, who joined as Senior Sales Development Representatives to accelerate K3’s go-to-market expansion. The Center of Excellence team evolved to include Customer Enablement, led by Jason Davis, reinforcing the Fashion Portfolio’s commitment to supporting its global customer base.

To further support K3’s expansion into North America, Tony brought on Katy Schiele to serve as North America Microsoft Alliance Director. Katy previously worked at Microsoft in both the US and UK, and will bring her in-depth, global market expertise to the K3 Fashion Portfolio.

Her role will support growth plans across the Americas, aligning closely with key Microsoft stakeholders to accelerate K3 and Microsoft’s joint penetration across the fashion and apparel sector. Working hand in hand with Tony and the broader Microsoft, partner, and go-to-market teams, Katy will be a tremendous addition to the K3 roster.

In Q1, K3 unveiled new partnerships with Mazars, Argano, Teze Solutions and Optimum Australia, while fostering deeper collaboration with existing partners such as Admiral Consulting and HSO International to further accelerate penetration across the Americas.

Speaking on the recent news, Tony Bryant commented:

“I’m delighted to step into the reigns of Global Partner Channel & Microsoft Alliance VP. I’ve spent years cultivating strong relationships with our partner base and, of course, key Microsoft stakeholders. My refocused role will empower me to deliver even more for K3, and Katy joining us will transform our efforts in North America. Having worked with her in the past, I know just how much of a fantastic addition she is.”

Meanwhile, Katy Schiele added:

“It’s an incredible time to join the K3 Fashion Portfolio. The recent movements in the US have been met with tremendous reception. I can’t wait to leverage my experience to foster collaborative relationships with the Microsoft team and drive even more business for K3.”

Throughout the rest of 2024, K3 will look to continue its strategic partnership expansion globally, continuing its mission to revolutionize the fashion ERP industry.

Available for interview:

• Kimberly Morgan, Chief Commercial & Operations Officer, K3 Fashion Portfolio
• Tony Bryant, Global Partner Channel & Microsoft Alliance VP, K3 Fashion Portfolio
• Katy Schiele, North America Microsoft Alliance Director, K3 Fashion Portfolio

About K3 Fashion Portfolio

The Fashion Portfolio’s North Star focus falls exclusively on the fashion and apparel industry, with a decade-long global history of enabling brands across the small, medium, and enterprise space. K3’s team of expert solution architects and fashion advisory experts come together to support the mission of revolutionizing the fashion ERP industry.

K3 is a top 20 Microsoft Global Independent Software Vendor and the only fashion technology with fully embedded code within the Dynamics 365 technology landscape. K3 builds best-in-class, market-redefining software while delivering omnichannel connectivity to optimize critical business processes for the fashion and apparel industry.

We provide real-time, actionable insights and enable brands to recognize their individual ESG and CSR sustainability goals through supply chain visibility.

The K3 Fashion Portfolio encompasses K3 Fashion and K3 Pebblestone.

About K3 Fashion

The K3 Fashion solution traverses the entire fashion journey, from concept to consumer, meticulously embedded within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management and Commerce. Alongside Microsoft, K3 Fashion optimizes inventory and distribution processes to drive profitability with real-time planning capabilities. K3 Fashion supports business processes by offering feature-rich presales functionality including planning, design, sourcing, purchasing, warehousing, and finance.

About K3 Pebblestone

K3 Pebblestone is an all-in-one solution, fully embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, that maximizes efficiency and productivity for brand owners, wholesalers, and CMT companies. Alongside Microsoft, K3 Pebblestone accelerates business processes by offering feature-rich functionality including planning, design, sourcing, purchasing, logistics, warehousing and finance.