About Me

I’m a Pre Sales and Technical Sales Director with 20+ years driving go-to-market success for leading cybersecurity, data resilience, and cloud vendors. From architecting channel GTM strategies that generate MSP and GSI pipeline, to leading global pre-sales and services teams through disruption and growth, I deliver measurable impact across partner ecosystems and enterprise clients.

My expertise spans solution architecture, partner strategy, and security-focused sales motions. I embed best-in-class engineering practices and value-based selling to accelerate solution adoption, reduce time-to-value, and maximise ROI.

As a leader, I invest in people first—coaching, mentoring, and empowering teams to outperform targets. Whether designing high-potential development programs, navigating organisational restructures, or presenting in C-suite forums, I bring enthusiasm, strategic clarity, and a relentless drive for overachievement.

Education

London South Bank University 1995

Bsc (Hons) Buildling Surveying

Work & Experience

Cohesity 02/01/2025 - 07/01/2025

SE DIrector

Role ended due to company reorganisation Reporting to the Global VP for Routes to Market, in this role I was responsible for leading a team of Technical Solution Architects, who were distributed around the globe, and were aligned with our largest Managed Service Providers. It was my responsibility to lead the development of joint GTM strategies, prioritisation from product engineering, resolving customer issues and jointly selling with our partners. During my tenure in this role, I led the technical sales effort that closed deals which were recognised on Company All Hands calls, built relationships and new GTMs with partners who had never previously had a relationship with the company. Finally, one of the largest aspects of this role, during this timeframe, was to lead the team through a period filled with high levels of uncertainty and disruption. I was able to do this, whilst retaining the team and keeping them motivated and performing.

Veritas LLC 08/01/2025 - 02/01/2025

SE Director

Veritas was acquired by Cohesity in December 2024. Reporting to the International VP for Technical Sales, in this role I was responsible for leading the sales engineering teams aligned to Veritas’ Renewals, GSI and Channel businesses across our International region; These are three strategic and crucial areas of Veritas’ business. In Renewals, I am responsible for ensuring that my team achieves a technical closure of the customers renewal, and that the customer is utilising the capacity they have purchased. This business is worth ~$80m / Q and has been in overachievement for the duration of my time in role. (14 Quarters) In the GSI space, I lead a team of technical account managers who own the global relationships with some of our largest partners, and I work closely with the Global Sales leader to set strategy for each of the accounts. This has resulted in an established, but growing set of relationships with the largest GSIs.

VMWare 06/01/2019 - 08/01/2022

Senior Professional Services

In this role, I was responsible for leading the Northern European Professional Services Consultants and Architects. I worked closely with the program delivery managers in the region to ensure that VMWare’s commitments to deliver professional services were staffed appropriately, and delivered on time and in budget. I was responsible for all aspects of their work, including; • Workload planning and loading, • Expense management and planning, • Personal Development and Well Being

RSA 08/01/2018 - 03/01/2019

Senior Director

During my tenure in this role, I had responsibility for leading the Netwitness BU for EMEA, this encompassed all aspects of : • Product Management engagement and planning, • RTM planning, including partner selection and development • Key deal planning and ownership • Executive Engagement

Veritas LLC 04/01/2015 - 08/01/2018

SE Director

In this role, I was responsible for operational planning-April 2015 and execution within our EMEA Technical Sales team. My responsibilities include; • All aspects of organisational design – including budgeting, roles definition, coverage modelling and quota roll out, • Professional Development – building and driving high potential and management development programs, • Operational Effectiveness – including defining operational process, reporting, and operational review • Coaching and Mentoring – I work within my own organisation, the extended team and with external candidates to provide coaching and/or mentoring. This role provided me with a wealth of experience and knowledge related to building and managing a large pre-sales organisation.

Skills/ Technologies

Executive Engagement and Ownership
100%
Technical Sales Process & Measurement
100%
Organisational Design and Optimisation
100%
Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving
100%
Partner Relationship Management
100%
High Potential Development
100%
High Performance Team Leadership
100%
Value Proposition Selling
100%
Developing & Building Teams
100%
Project Management
100%