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London, England

As a Freelance Consultant, I have been focusing on a number of key areas:- Evaluation of AWS Partners for eligibility to achieve MSP status within their Partner program.This requires a working knowledge of AWS technologies and next-generation MSP services.- Creation and design of Sales and Marketing training aimed at how to position and sell the business value of technology - Working with Technology Vendors on understanding the impact of Cloud on the Partner model… Show more As a Freelance Consultant, I have been focusing on a number of key areas:- Evaluation of AWS Partners for eligibility to achieve MSP status within their Partner program.This requires a working knowledge of AWS technologies and next-generation MSP services.- Creation and design of Sales and Marketing training aimed at how to position and sell the business value of technology - Working with Technology Vendors on understanding the impact of Cloud on the Partner model, technology and service requirements. Show less

Created and delivered training related to Cloud technologies and service design.

European based Central Marketing , UK basedTransitioned from the US to the UK to take up a position supporting the development of Managed Services as a key route to market within the region. Key achievements during this time:Enabled Cisco to recognise and reward revenues from Cloud based Services offered by their Partner community, including:Private Cloud/Infrastructure as a serviceHosted Collaboration SolutionEnabled early adoption of new Cloud based Collaboration… Show more European based Central Marketing , UK basedTransitioned from the US to the UK to take up a position supporting the development of Managed Services as a key route to market within the region. Key achievements during this time:Enabled Cisco to recognise and reward revenues from Cloud based Services offered by their Partner community, including:Private Cloud/Infrastructure as a serviceHosted Collaboration SolutionEnabled early adoption of new Cloud based Collaboration Services within Europe by :Working with key early adopters in EuropeInitiated training for key field and audit personnel Show less

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Transitioned to the Central Marketing (CMO) group as an individual contributor to enable a broadening of technical and industry knowledge, and to gain valuable marketing skills. Key achievements during this time include:Creating and running surveys that gave valuable insights in to the demands and drivers of Cisco Enterprise customers from Managed ServicesProviding key input in to what has become the primary documentation used by Cisco in order to assess the capabilities of their… Show more Transitioned to the Central Marketing (CMO) group as an individual contributor to enable a broadening of technical and industry knowledge, and to gain valuable marketing skills. Key achievements during this time include:Creating and running surveys that gave valuable insights in to the demands and drivers of Cisco Enterprise customers from Managed ServicesProviding key input in to what has become the primary documentation used by Cisco in order to assess the capabilities of their Partner communityTook ownership for the development and maintenance of the auditing requirements specific to Managed Services PartnersWas instrumental in the launch of a new Partner Program specific to Managed Services Show less

Moved from the UK to the US to take up an offered promotion to manage the Technical Marketing team that he had been a part of in the UK. Key achievements during this time includeBuilding up a team of up to 14 people to focus on new areas of growth such as IP based telephony and Managed VPN servicesInstrumental in the creation of internal Global Workshops specifically focused on sales teams working on core switching solutionsWorked with numerous Service Provider Customers… Show more Moved from the UK to the US to take up an offered promotion to manage the Technical Marketing team that he had been a part of in the UK. Key achievements during this time includeBuilding up a team of up to 14 people to focus on new areas of growth such as IP based telephony and Managed VPN servicesInstrumental in the creation of internal Global Workshops specifically focused on sales teams working on core switching solutionsWorked with numerous Service Provider Customers globally to ensure successful implementation of core networking infrastructureStrataCom/Cisco Joined StrataCom as an Applications Engineer, and moved in to the Alternate Service Provider UK team as a Systems Engineer when the company was acquired by Cisco. Moved in to a technical Marketing Role focused on Wide Area Network switching Show less

Worked at Nortel during this time in a number of positions, including internal IT and Sales support for Wide Area networking productsTraining/Education ( in the last five years)TechnicalCisco VMDC architecture (Datacenter architecture)Cisco HCS (Hosted Collaboration solution)ITIL V2 Cisco IP Collaboration (voice, video, presence, IM etc)TM Forum Business process framework (Level 2)PersonalProduct marketing - 5 Day course run by Pragmatic

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Studies, 2:1

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Member Bcs, Computing Studies

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