London, United Kingdom
Global Head of Big Data & Cloud Business Models | Corporate Innovation Unit | Banco Santander
Banking
Education
University of Oxford - Said Business School
Startup Business Venture Creation
IE Business School 2012 — 2012
Leadership Excellence, Executive Leadership
MBA - Warwick Business School 2002 — 2003
MBA, Entrepeneurship, Strategy and New Venture creation.
University of Warwick 1983 — 1986
BSc Honours, Electronics
Experience
Banco Santander June 2015 - Present
Pro bono startup adviser October 2014 - Present
Deutsche Telekom November 2011 - October 2014
Strato AG (Deutsche Telekom subsidiary) April 2012 - September 2014
Litedesk (Deutsche Telekom incubation startup) September 2013 - August 2014
Deutsche Telekom AG June 2011 - November 2011
Springsource (now Pivotal) - Cloud Application division of VMware September 2009 - December 2010
Novell October 2008 - May 2009
Novell August 2004 - September 2008
Synopsys (consuting project) August 2003 - July 2004
Skills
Linux, Sales, Management, Data Center, New Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Alliances, Partner Management, Strategy, Sales Enablement, International Sales, Java, Telecommunications, Managed Services, Enterprise Software, Solution Architecture, IaaS, Pre-sales, Channel Partners, Business Development, PaaS, IT Service Management, Strategic Partnerships, Professional Services, Software Design, VMware, Product Marketing, Scalability, Go-to-market Strategy, IT Strategy, Virtualization, Open Source, SOA, Leadership, Solution Selling, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Executive Management, Wireless Mobility, Start-up Ventures, Location Based Services, Business Strategy, CRM, Consulting, Start-ups, Channel, Big Data, Cloud Applications, Mobile Devices