Bio

I am a highly motivated individual who has successfully combined outstanding technical and industry knowledge with solid and proven marketing, promotional, sales and editorial expertise. Currently Technical Marketing Director for Dell Technologies Cloud, speareading creation and develpment of performance claims and demo material to support our continued growth in this important market. I am a highly versatile individual, starting my career in the IT sector at PC Magazine UK, initially in sales before securing an editorial position. Eventually I was offered the opportunity to help set up PC Magazine Middle East and within a year of moving to Dubai, I secured a Pre-Sales Consultancy position at Compaq. I continued to work at Compaq (eventually HP) for a further four years, ultimately becoming regional Pre-Sales manager and setting up and managing the first HP Invent Centre in the Middle East. Upon returning to the UK, I established a small property business before moving back into IT in 2005 as a Pre-Sales consultant at Ringdale and eventually joined Dell in 2007. Since joining Dell, I have worked as a Solutions Consultant, Account Manager and EMEA based Enterprise Technologist, developing a Converged Infrastructure focus before becoming EMEA Marketing Manager, then EMEA Marketing Director before becoming a Global Marketing Director in 2013, moving to Global Portfolio Marketing Director in the newly formed Dell EMC in 2016 and them Marketing Message Director for Dell Technologies in 2018, heading up our Workforce Transformation messaging pillar. Most recently I moved to the Dell Technologies Cloud team to help build out a new Technical Marketing team to support this rapidly growing business unit. Specialties: Product and solutions marketing, content creation, event management, creative marketing and editorial skills combined with solid technical knowledge of both enterprise and consumer products. Outstanding presentation and public speaking skills coupled with deep industry insight and a proven track record of consultative marketing, sales and pre-sales success and growth.