Speakers

Speakers and Panellists joining us at the 2nd Annual Member Networking Event, Wednesday 23rd February 2011:
 
Andrew Greenway, Cloud Computing - Industry and Global Program Lead, Accenture
 
Opening Keynote Presentation: "One year on; has the 'reality' delivered on the hype", Market trends for 2011, Latest products / solutions and services
 
Panel Host
 
 
Andrew Greenway leads Accenture's cloud computing programme in the UK and Ireland. He has extensive experience in leading large IT organisations and projects and is currently working with many clients on cloud services implementations.  He has deep management consulting experience, with particular focus on helping clients improve business processes. He has also held senior marketing and supply chain executive positions.
 
 
Thomas Davies, Head of Google Apps, Google UK
 
2011 From Google’s Perspective
 
Presentation Slides 
 
Thomas Davies is the head of Google Apps in the UK, with over 10 years of experience in the software industry and an impressive track record in the Google Enterprise team, Thomas has worked with Google's largest enterprise customers over the last 3 years. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Akrigg, Head of Technology, Microsoft UK
 
2011 From Microsoft's Perpective - IT's a service powered by the Cloud
 
James has worked in and around the IT industry for over 20 years, which includes the last 10 years at Microsoft in the UK. His passion for what technology can do to deliver real value and benefit to businesses of all sizes and to individuals is clear to see when he presents and meets with Microsoft partners and customers. With experience in infrastructure, architecture, software development, business process, information management, software and hardware technologies, James is able to simplify how to use what can be a complex mix of technologies to deliver solutions in today’s business environments.
 
 
Matt Ballantine, Head of IT, Imagination
 
"Cloud in Action" Case Studies & The Year Ahead
 
 
Matt is leading the transformation of global IT services across the Imagination Group. He leads the in-house team that manages business and technology change projects alongside the delivery of core services.
Matt’s background combines Service Delivery, Development Management and Solutions and Enterprise Architecture, with a broad range of management and consulting experience. The majority of his career has been focused in the media and creative sector.
 
Beginning his career at KPMG and then the London School of Economics, Matt spent eight years working at BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s primary commercial vehicle. A two-year sabbatical was spent coaching and training consulting and leadership skills at niche provider Techniques for Change, and then he returned to IT management as a Business Relationship Manager at Reuters. Matt joined Imagination in July 2008.
 
Rob Fraser, Executive Director, MSCI
 
"Cloud in Action" Case Studies & The Year Ahead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nathaniel Borenstein, Chief Scientist, Mimecast
 
Panellist
 
Nathaniel Borenstein is chief scientist for cloud-based email management company Mimecast. At Mimecast, he is responsible for driving the company’s product evolution and technological innovation. Dr. Borenstein is the co-creator of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) email standard and developer of the Andrew Mail System, metamail software and the Safe-Tcl programming language. Previously, Dr. Borenstein worked as an IBM Distinguished Engineer, responsible for research and standards strategy for the Lotus brand, and as a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Carnegie-Mellon University. He also founded two successful Internet cloud service start-ups; First Virtual Holdings, the first Internet payment system; and NetPOS, the first Internet-centric point-of-sale system.
 
 
Mark Tickle, EMEA Managing Director, Webroot
 
Panellist
 
Mark has over 20 years experience in the IT Sector , with the last 6 years specialising in SaaS Security.  Mark has been with Webroot for over 2 years and is responsible for their SaaS business in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
 
He has held senior sales and marketing management positions in both large and smaller organisations including Silicon Graphics, Vignette, BlackSpider, SurfControl and  Websense. He is passionate about building high performance teams across sales, marketing and customer support and has been central to accelerating the adoption of  SaaS Security in many industry sectors.
Mark has several professional qualifications including the Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma and an MBA from Hull University.
 
 
Jeremy Neal, Head of Cloud Services, IMGROUP
 
Panellist
 
Jeremy has more than 20 years experience in information technology, spanning start-ups, ISVs, major corporations, as well as 5 years running his own marketing services agency. Most of his career has been spent helping companies capitalise on information, working at Microsoft and with other business intelligence specialists. More recently Jeremy has focused on SaaS & Cloud Computing exclusively; initially in global retail distribution and supply chain automation, and now more broadly, as head of IMGROUP Cloud Services.

 

 

Matt Johns, Cloud Product Manager, Rackspace Ltd

Panellist

Part of the Rackspace EMEA Product Marketing team, Matthew is an evangelist for Cloud Computing to both internal and external customers.  This includes competitor analysis, market trends and research and strategic planning.

A certified PRINCE2 Project Manager, Matthew has held technical, service management and commercial roles at Rackspace. Prior to this he spent 15 years in technical, operational and project management roles for companies as diverse as IBM, Shell, Barclays and application hosting provider Freedom Managed Services.

 

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