John Shean Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that, following the divestiture of the Application Modernization and Connectivity business unit from OpenText (formerly Micro Focus), as of July'24 I am now the AMC Host Connectivity Sales Lead for Modernising Host Systems Access Securely, for the Middle East, Eastern Europe & Africa at Rocket Software! 🚀

Newbury, England, United Kingdom

I am proud to announce that I have been promoted to be the Sales Lead for Modernising your mainframe access & user experience, securely at Micro Focus. My territory includes the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Nordic Countries, Netherlands and South AfricaAs the Micro Focus Sales lead for helping our customers to modernise your mainframe access and user experiences, I help our enterprise customers by adding value to their portfolios through a consultative approach. Security, AI, RPA, Dev Ops and Cloud are all conversations that we are continually involved in with our customers around the user experience and accessing your mainframe systems. I help our customers save time, money, and resources by helping leverage the flexibility of the cloud - adding resiliency by giving them the ability to overcome data loss and ransomware exposures. With a broad software portfolio, backed by a deep inventory of advanced analytics that delivers insights, efficiencies, and automation, Micro Focus helps customers bridge existing and emerging technologies to safeguard their current business and expose new opportunities over the long run.Combining pragmatism, agility, and customer-centric innovation to future-proof IT investments is what we’re all about. We deliver High Tech, Low Drama! 👍️The most satisfying aspect of my position is having the opportunity to be involved in new scenarios on a daily basis. Sales is all about discovering new challenges and one day is never the same as another. Our customers see us as a partner who understands their business needs and challenges. We’re a trusted advisor who is invested in ensuring their success by bringing valuable solutions. 🔐We implement, empower, and secure technology. Check out the multimedia section below to learn how our customers are adapting to today’s evolving marketplace. If you’re ready for your organisation to run and transform, then contact me today: ✉️john.shean@microfocus.com

United Kingdom

As the Micro Focus UK Sales lead for helping our customers to modernise your mainframe access and user experiences, I help our enterprise customers by adding value to their portfolios through a consultative approach. Security, AI, RPA, Dev Ops and Cloud are all conversations that we are continually involved in with our customers around the user experience and accessing your mainframe systems. I help our customers save time, money, and resources by helping leverage the flexibility of the cloud - adding resiliency by giving them the ability to overcome data loss and ransomware exposures. With a broad software portfolio, backed by a deep inventory of advanced analytics that delivers insights, efficiencies, and automation, Micro Focus helps customers bridge existing and emerging technologies to safeguard their current business and expose new opportunities over the long run.Combining pragmatism, agility, and customer-centric innovation to future-proof IT investments is what we’re all about. We deliver High Tech, Low Drama! 👍️The most satisfying aspect of my position is having the opportunity to be involved in new scenarios on a daily basis. Sales is all about discovering new challenges and one day is never the same as another. Our customers see us as a partner who understands their business needs and challenges. We’re a trusted advisor who is invested in ensuring their success by bringing valuable solutions. 🔐We implement, empower, and secure technology. Check out the multimedia section below to learn how our customers are adapting to today’s evolving marketplace. If you’re ready for your organisation to run and transform, then contact me today: ✉️john.shean@microfocus.com

Newbury, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

My role was to help Kofax reach more customers, by taking the Kofax solutions and services to market via partners who are managed via Kofax Distributors.

Bracknell

My role was to help Interoute reach more customers, via partners, by taking the Interoute Virtual Data Centres and Digital transformation platform solutions and services to market via partners.

United Kingdom

Growing Partner and Vendor business through focused sales and marketing go-to-market programs. Managed varied partners from large scale corporate reseller with 100's of sales people to niche solution providers. Working throughout the partner management team from executive to sales to support to enable and complete solution based go-to-market.Incremental business growth is a crucial measurement of success for partner sales and I strive to achieve at least 30% incremental business (net new business) from my partners in any partner business plan. During my time at EMC, all the partners that I managed for EMC, grew their EMC business, during my tenure of partner management. The highlight for me was that in one year alone, three of my partners won "Partner of the year awards"from EMC, for work done whilst I was their Partner Sales Manager.

I managed some of EMC's Content Management & Archiving Partners in the UK

United Kingdom

I was brought in to re-launch Document Express with DjVu into the UK and European market and set up Partner / Reseller Channels. My function was to be involved in the day to day selling of our products to Enterprise-wide customers, via whatever channel the customer would like to buy

Slough, United Kingdom

I was responsible for launching RangeGate Mobile Solutions for the Datatec group in the UK. I created and implemented the UK Business plan. Instigated and completed the acquisition of a team of software developers.Gained several major clients deals, which helped grow the business to a staff of over 30 people.I had full responsibility for all operational and financial aspects of the business.

In 1995, I started and then built the South African business for Attachmate, before being promoted to the UK to start consulting practice in UK & EMEA in 1998. I was promoted to EMEA Business Development Director in 1999.

B.Com, Accountancy

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