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Hybrid Platforms refers to the infrastructure our customers use to host their applications and data. With most organisations now using both on-premise and cloud technology, Softcat's internal structure reflects the needs of our customers by combining expertise in both.As the sales owner of Hybrid Platforms I am responsible for two high-performance specialist sales teams; Datacentre and Cloud. These teams operate independently in some cases and collaborate to support customers in others, bringing subject matter expertise in two distinct but related areas of technology.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I head Softcat's Specialist team for our Public Sector business. We're a unit of around 20 sales specialists, with skills in Datacentre & Cloud and Networking & Security.Our Specialist unit works as an overlay to the Public Sector account management team, across 5 Softcat locations. We provide independent advice to support the IT transformation of thousands of public sector organisations.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I maintain an overview of the datacentre technology market, including: servers, storage, storage fabric, backup, disaster recovery, hosted infrastructure, management & automation.My role is to understand the business and technical requirements of our customers, advise best-fit technologies and lead solution design. We can architect, implement and support infrastructure solutions. Few other providers can offer such a complete service. Softcat's commitment to happy, motivated staff means we approach our work with a positive and professional attitude and have outstanding levels of customer satisfaction.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Softcat is a leading provider of software licensing, hardware, security and related IT services to the corporate and public sector. We strive to motivate our workforce to deliver outstanding levels of service to help our customers achieve their goals.As an Account Manager I was a member of a highly successful IT channel sales team in one of the industry's most successful resellers. This was a role with a large amount of freedom where I was encouraged to develop my own business and manage my customers as I saw fit.I transacted many hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of business to meet aggressive and growing targets, gaining experience in business communication and relationship building. I was responsible for the complete sales cycle, from prospecting to closing, and developed a detailed understanding of a range of key technologies like Microsoft and VMware.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Fundraising agency employing 350+ people, providing face to face fundraising services to small, medium and large brand charities in the UK. My role involved recruiting, training and managing a team of around 40 people to develop their skills and meet ongoing individual and group targets.