Alec is the Field CTO and VP of Technical Services for EMEA and APAC. He is the go-to technical authority in the region and leads engagement with strategic partners including IBM, Cisco, AWS and Microsoft (Azure), as well as providing strategic advice to Turbonomic’s largest clients.

Matt leads the team of storage technical experts and specialists who support IBM’s clients and business partners across UK and Ireland.

Matt and his team provide technical advice and guidance on all aspects of clients storage solutions, focussing on helping clients to modernise and transform their storage infrastructure, to enable them to unlock value from their data.

Antonis currently leads the cloud security business for EMEA focussing on the strategy and growth in this area. His objective has always been to work with customers on meaningful success delivering positive business outcomes.

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Neil is the Solutions Director for Proofpoint’s Email Fraud Defence portfolio, leading the technical conversation with clients and partners around the world, providing expertise on key challenges facing organisations today when it comes to email-borne cyber threats.

A community first technologist for Kasten by Veeam Software. Based in the UK with over 16 years of industry experience with a key focus on technologies such as cloud native, automation & data management.

Ian is responsible for the technical strategy, presales and services for the UK and Ireland. Ian and his team partner with organisations to help them accelerate their digital transformation using new ways to manage data complexity, across both the cloud and on-premises.

Humza Ismaiel is a SASE Security Architect for Check Point covering the EMEA region. Humza has 5+ years in Cyber Security and is a focal point for Check Point as a thought leader in the SASE market since Gartner derived the term.

Ian is a cloud and open-source “evangelist” who is recognized both as an innovator and application transformation specialist, with in-depth experience of cloud platform, containerization, automation, DevOps and CI/CD solutions/services. Ian has over 25 years’ experience of strategic sales to Public Sector, Enterprise and Telecommunications clients.

Jon has enjoyed numerous roles at Sophos over the last 7 years, and is now Senior Sales Engineer, looking after the Strategic Partner base in the UK and Ireland. He joined Sophos as part of the acquisition of Astaro, where he was Channel Manager for the UK and Ireland. Originally a self-confessed firewall man, when not presenting (mostly online these days), you’ll find him training and educating those partner on the whole range of Sophos Solutions.

Leigh is a highly skilled Cyber Security Consultant at Sophos holding a number of industry certifications including GIAC GPEN, CCNA R&S, Security, Cyber Ops, CompTIA Pentest+, CompTIA CyCa+, eJPT and has recently been studying at the SANS Institute (Advanced Penetration Testing)
With over seven years of experience at Sophos, Leigh has an intricate knowledge of how Sophos technology can be used to protect customers from attack.

Based in Dundee Scotland, Lisa has been in the IT industry for 10 years and is passionate about enabling businesses to harness the power of hybrid cloud and the intelligent edge. In 2020 Lisa kicked off her own podcast ‘Lisa at the Edge’ and was awarded Microsoft MVP for her contributions to the Microsoft Community. In her role at Dell Technologies Lisa is responsible for driving the Azure Stack business across EMEA supporting Partners and Customers to realise hybrid success.

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Nilesh Mapara is Sales Engineer at LogPoint UK. Nilesh works with organisations to provide modern SIEM and UEBA, providing advanced analytics and ML driven automation capabilities to enable customers to securely build, manage and effectively transform their business. Nilesh has over 20 years experience as an Information Architect, specializing in cyber security, Network Analysis and Network Visibility. Prior to LogPoint, Nilesh was Information Architect at Firemon. Nilesh is ITIL V3 (foundation), PRINCE2 & CCNA certified.

Jeff has over a decade of experience with big data and cloud storage technologies. Prior to VAST, he served as VP of marketing at DataDirect Networks, where he oversaw marketing, business and corporate development during a time of massive growth in annual sales. Before DDN, Denworth held sales roles at Cluster File Ssytems, Inc. and Dataram Corporation.

Andy brings over 20 years of experience building and leading sales organizations and channel relationships, delivering growth in businesses from the start-up level to the >$100M revenue range. He has held senior leadership positions previously at Komprise, Nexsan, Sungard Availability Services and VERITAS

With over 20 years of experience in IT, Barry’s technology career started with IBM and he went on to design and implement a number of innovations. One of his most significant achievements is the development of a Zoom technology source code, which is used by smart phones including Apple iPhones. The combination of a technical brain with commercial acumen allows him to qualify technology solutions that can make a difference and lead to business outcomes that are profitable.