Ian Simpson is a EMEA Head of Software Business and Sales at Lenovo. He possess expertise in strategic partnerships, professional services, enterprise software, active directory, saas and 59 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Ian was instrumental on the transformation of our Professional Services organization, leading a change that would make us more sales orientes and helping us achieve growth on the business quarter after quarter. As a people leader Ian would encourage people to self develop and give them freedom to explore their limits while mentoring them to bend the limitations they may have. Truly inspirational leader", "Ian is undoubtedly a precious resource with a long experience behind him, he has in fact covered various management roles (presales, channel, professional service, etc) in our company, always with excellent results and appreciation by the team. He was a key figure in proposing our new SaaS solutions, in which he was able to combine his deep technical knowledge, with the ability to listen to customer needs, being an effective point of contact with our development, as well as support for the sales team. Reliable, competent and curious spirit, even from a personal point of view, make him a person with whom it is pleasant to work, enriching the value of the team.", and "Ian has been instrumental in our growth for SaaS offering at South EMEA, by understanding the market and the sales cycle he has been contributing in building long term relationships with enterprise accounts by creating the appropriate offering structure with my sales team. During the first 12 months we got our biggest banks and insurance companies adopting the solutions."
Listed skills include Strategic Partnerships, Professional Services, Enterprise Software, Active Directory, and 60 others.