Bill Lane

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Managing Director @ WiFi Wizard Surrey Limited
Chobham, GB
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Chobham, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Bill Lane

Bill Lane is a Managing Director at WiFi Wizard Surrey Limited. He possess expertise in channel, enterprise software, channel partners, new business development, direct sales and 31 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Bill Lane became known to me during my early days at Advanced Alchemy.An inspirational leader and master of his trade.Never short of a solution or advice for his junior staff through to eloquently describing the most complex business proposition backed by a thorough understanding of the subject to hand namely SUN Microsystems. Bill turned talking in to action and wasnt short of committment to the cause where necessary. A thoroughly decent chap." and "Bill has demonstrated strong leadership and mentorship during my time at Sun. He was able to call upon his vast experience in end user Sales engagements to help me qualify, develop and close multiple professional service opportunities. Bill was supportive of me and the PS team both professionally and personally and therefore naturally commanded respect and loyalty."

Bill Lane's Current Company Details
WiFi Wizard Surrey Limited

Wifi Wizard Surrey Limited

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Managing Director
Chobham, GB
Bill Lane Work Experience Details
  • Wifi Wizard Surrey Limited
    Managing Director
    Wifi Wizard Surrey Limited
    Chobham, Gb
  • Wifi Wizard Limited
    Managing Director
    Wifi Wizard Limited May 2017 - Present
    Chobham
    Over 700 happy customers in Surrey and Berkshire. We specialize in home Wi-Fi, broadband, Sky Q, Virgin Media fault-finding, and optimization. Our solutions use ethernet (Cat6), hard-wired Wi-Fi access points, extreme powerline, 4G/5G and Starlink routers. To complement this, we support over 70 local customers with Face to Face PC/MAC/printer/iphone/ipad smart devices. We also supply and support CCTV, Ring Doorbells, and smart alarm systems.
  • Secure Safe Security Services Ltd
    Director
    Secure Safe Security Services Ltd Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
    Secure Safe Security Services Ltd is the CCTV and security delivery division of Secure Safe Ltd who have a track record in security industry for over 20 years. We have been awarded Key Integration Partner (KIP) status with Dahua Technologies, the leading independent CCTV company worldwide and all our installations comply with SSAIB (CCTV Systems), Safe Contractor Approved and ISO 9001. For further information on our services https://www.securesafe.co.uk/commercial-domestic-security-cameras
  • Wax Digital
    Head Of Partnerships
    Wax Digital Feb 2016 - May 2017
    London, United Kingdom
  • Gorilla Corporation
    Executive Vice President Global Sales
    Gorilla Corporation Aug 2009 - Nov 2015
    Guildford, United Kingdom
    Executive management of U.S. based international group delivering Business Acceleration;• B2B Appointment setting and Lead Generation (Direct and Channel) with pay per lead models • Outsourced Shared Risk Sales (Field, Channel and Inside) • Channel Development (Profiling, Recruitment and Enablement)• Partner to Partner Ecosystems (Profile, Match and Collaboration)• Talent Development (Initiation-On Boarding and Reinvigoration-Off Boarding) • SMB, Mid-market and Enterprise & Mid-market (EMM) Specialists Located at Guildford (UK), San Ramon (CA), Nairobi, Mexico, Brazil, Dubai and Madrid.
  • Sun Microsystems
    District Sales Manager - Professional Services
    Sun Microsystems 2007 - Jul 2009
    Responsible for line managing a team of 12 direct sales executives targeted to sell professional services for systems (Virtualisation and Data Centre Efficiency), storage (VTL and Tape migration), software (JCAPS and IDM) and 3RD party products (Symantec and Copper Eye) spanning prime contracting, fixed price SOW’s and T&M. Focused at the Telco, Media and Commercial vertical major account lines of business. Built and executed a plan to increase initial team from 7 to 12, won sponsorship to build a complete ‘Ultra Thin Desktop Managed Solution’ subsequently adopted globally. Achieved $29m on goal of $32m in very difficult circumstances including managing a ‘reduction in force’ and business restructuring.
  • Sun Microsystems
    District Sales Manager - New Business And Telesales
    Sun Microsystems 2006 - 2007
    Asked to double the investment in the Agency Sales Unit as well as develop and deploy a telesales team to increase customer contact with a reduced cost of sale. Built and executed plan, introduced a second company as an Agency Sales Unit, trialled and deployed ‘Rainmaker’ as a telesales internal sales team. Exceeded plan by 23%, delivered revenues of $107m through a team of 80 contractor sales, telemarketing and telesales staff as well as running another Graduate Sales trainee programme. Incrementally given a 90 day assignment to manage the Solutions Expertise Centre in the Professional Services Division. This team had 30 direct reports spit between Technical Architects and Business Coordinators managing $24m OC1 & OC2 (fixed price) projects.
  • Sun Microsystems Ltd
    District Sales Manager - Channel And Sme
    Sun Microsystems Ltd 2004 - 2006
    Managed a team of 11 QBS Partner Account Managers focusing on a broad range of channel partners (SI, SP, TI, VAR and rental partners) as well as creating a new Graduate Sales trainee programme. Developed and deployed the operational plan for above as well as continuing with Enterprise and Mid Market (EMM). Exceeded plan by 25%, delivered 735 new accounts and revenues of $150m through a team 30 contractor sales and telemarketing support.
  • Sun Microsystems
    District Sales Manager - Enterprise And Mid Market (Emm)
    Sun Microsystems 2002 - 2004
    created a strategic plan to address all new UK business development outside of existing named accounts. Built a team of 6 direct QBS sales executives and a virtual team of 40 partner sales managers and executives to deliver against operational plan. Developed and deployed an agency sales model to replace the direct sales executives, which resulted in a reduction of the ‘Cost of Sale’ by 40%. Exceeded plan, delivered 330 new accounts and revenues of $40m despite economic downturn
  • Sun Microsystems
    District Sales Manager - Enterprise Development Sales And General Business
    Sun Microsystems 2000 - 2002
    asked to break into and develop new accounts in the following sectors: retail; manufacturing; e-commerce; utilities; business services and construction. Responsible for line managing a team of 14 direct QBS sales executives targeted to develop solution sets (Sun and vertical specific ISVs including SAP and Oracle). Grew the business, consistently exceeding plan with final year revenues of $102m.
  • Sun Microsystems
    Corporate Partner Account Manager – Morse Computers
    Sun Microsystems 1995 - 2000
    Ran Sun’s largest corporate partner in EMEA. Grew revenues from $36m to £393m in 5 years. Worked closely with the Morse Board and Divisional Directors to develop and direct their sales strategy and propositions around solutions and Managed Services. Diversified business from financial services into the telecoms sector and developed their telco strategy. Devised incentive plans for the partner sales force to drive activity and results. Subsequently this planning process was rolled out as a ‘gold standard’ within Sun partner accounts.
  • Sun Microsystems
    Strategic Global Account Manager - Reuters
    Sun Microsystems 1992 - 1995
    managed a strategic global account across 20+ countries. Grew revenues from $8m to $72m in 3 years with responsibility for direct sales as well as Partner ‘sell through’ revenues. In order to maximise revenues for both parties, developed board to board technology transfers and co-operation. Winner of Worldwide Sales Executive of the Year.
  • Sun Microsystems
    Senior Sales Executive - New Business Financial Services
    Sun Microsystems 1990 - 1992
    New business area selling Sun solutions and servers to the Insurance sector. Grew the revenue to $3m from scratch. (Largest new account was Commercial Union @ $1.5m)
  • Hewlett Packard
    Senior Sales Executive - New Business Financial Services
    Hewlett Packard 1988 - 1990
    Commercial sales role within the Financial Service sector, selling HP computer servers to Wholesale Banks. (Largest personal new account was County NatWest @ $1.2m)
  • Hewlett Packard (Agilent)
    Sales Executive - Test & Measurment Division
    Hewlett Packard (Agilent) 1984 - 1988
    Technical sales role, selling a broad range of HP data communications and spectrum analyser equipment into the Financial Services sector (largest personal account was Reuters).
  • Gec Telecumunications Limited
    Commissioning Engineer - Transmission Systems
    Gec Telecumunications Limited 1981 - 1984
    Responsible for commissioning a broad range of GEC transmission systems, including frequency division multiplex, pulse code modulation, line systems and radio.

Bill Lane Skills

Channel Enterprise Software Channel Partners New Business Development Direct Sales Sales Management Cloud Computing Business Development Recruiting Financial Services Var Saas Business Alliances Managed Services Account Management Data Center Go To Market Strategy Lead Generation Leadership Management Outsourcing Partner Management Professional Services Selling Software Industry Solution Selling Start Ups Storage Strategic Partnerships Strategy Telecommunications Virtualization Team Management Sales Process Sales Software As A Service

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Bill Lane attended The University Of Salford, Sutton Valence School, Holmewood House.

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