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What part of your job do you
find the most challenging
and rewarding?
Helping customers navigate
themselves to agree their own
requirements. The bigger the
enterprise, the more opaque the
process, so we try to help customers
identify their own stakeholders,
agree project goals that align with
the company’s strategies – usually
around digitisation of service – and
help the project be a success.
Can you tell us about any projects
you have been working on
recently?
Demand so far in 2017 has been
strong in two areas: Email threat
detection and CRM driven
communications to customers,
partners and suppliers. Patient
Zero Detection alerts an email
manager that previously
undetected malware is sitting in a
user inbox. This malware may have
navigated past multiple levels of
virus scanning as it is a brand new
type of threat, hence Patient Zero.
But, we can help you find it and
neutralise it.
Our business is information
logistics; and the timely and secure
delivery of critical information
can improve the performance of
every single part of an enterprise’s
business. We own and operate
our own global network of data
centres. This means we have end-
to-end control, which gives our
customers end-to-end visibility.
We can show them, to the second,
when we have delivered a critical
piece of information to their ERP
system, customer, supplier or
partner.
Did you have a career Plan B?
I always wanted to be a TV news
show host. But my then frizzy hair
and grey teeth meant I found a
home in IT!
What has been your proudest
work related moment to date?
I’m always proud when I can win
business for my company over
the bigger players. And this is
something that I am able to achieve
a lot as we have a great service and
reliable products.
If you could invite three
guests, dead or alive, from
history to dinner, who would
they be and why?
A good dinner party needs good
food, good music and laughs. So,
Nigella sorts the menu and we all
eat with our fingers. Iggy Pop brings
his vinyl and talks about Bowie and
Julie London in the 60s. Richard
‘I always
wanted to
be a TV news
show host.
But my then
frizzy hair
and grey
teeth meant
I found a
home in IT!’
Pryor to keep the giggles coming.
And yes, you can come too, just
bring a bottle and leave your shoes
by the door.
What are your hobbies/interests
outside work?
Biking, hiking, tennis, golf,
snowboarding, cooking, music,
dancing. In reverse order of
enthusiasm.
Where is your favourite holiday
destination and why?
I am extremely lucky that I have
a partner who is building a beach
house. It’s not finished yet, but it’s
still my favourite place in the world
to visit.
If you could travel back to any
time period in history which
would it be and why?
Late 50s. Memphis. The music, the
vibe, the expectation. Otherwise,
the Cretaceous period as I fancy
myself as a bit of a caveman. I could
ride a dinosaur, no problem! So, not
tech related at all!
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