The Top 50 Data Centre And Cloud Influencers
Data Economy
WHO I AM
I am passionate about building businesses and have done so in start-ups and inside larger organisations, often in markets that are experiencing disruption.
I am a Proven Global Leader, CEO/MD, Board Director, Speaker, Advisor, P&L Owner, and Entrepreneur with extensive expertise in the areas of technology, strategy, innovation, business design, corporate development and venture across IT, Telecoms, Media, Software, Real Estate, and Healthcare from start-ups to FTSE 50 and Fortune 100 companies.
I have demonstrated Successful Profit & Loss (P&L) accountability ($100M+ revenue, $1B+ EV) as well as large budget (£500M+) and organisational responsibilities (>500 people).
I am the Lecturer in Strategy at International Management Education (IME) Singapore and a regular guest speaker at MIT Sloan on both Innovation and gaining competitive advantage from environmental sustainability.
I am a citizen of the US & UK and hold a Singapore EP.
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Interview: Data Centers Set to Grow
ChannelNews Asia
Interview: Sixty-second Insight
Convergence Asia
Singapore
Speaking Engagements & Interviews
Oct 2017
Creating Competitive Advantage through Environmental Sustainability
MIT Sloan
Innovating Within Large Corporations
MIT Sloan
Apr 2014
Innovating During Market Disruption
MIT Sloan
Commercial
Academic
MC: 13th Annual
Data Centre Summit
Singapore
Innovating Within Large Corporations
MIT Sloan
Singapore
PAST & PRESENT
Digital Realty
Managing Director, APAC
I was hired to stabilise the region and provide local leadership after numerous recent leadership changes. Provide Executive Team presence in region for US corporate headquarters. Develop and execute growth strategy for the region.
Director of all local entities across APAC and US, Hong Kong Joint Venture Board Director.
Colt Technology Services
EVP IT Services
I had P&L accountability for c.€80m line of business with 450 staff.
Achieved full restructuring and refocusing of the business to drive toward profitability and cash flow positivity; rationalized portfolio, focused on sales and customer experience, right-sized and delivered automation. Delivered customer solutions in ITIL framework.
Change Logic
Associate Director
I worked with business leaders to overcome the challenges of significant market disruption. Based on the research of Professors Michael Tushman (Harvard Business School) and Charles O’Reilly (Stanford GSB), into the patterns of technological and market change. I applied this approach at BT Group PLC, General Dynamics, Shire, USC, LexisNexis and others.
Eight Roads Ventures
Venture Partner
During the initial £100M venture capital fund after spinning out of Fidelity Ventures, I focussed on the Healthcare IT sector. I identified potential investments, performed due diligence, and negotiated investments in growth companies across the European Market, leveraging my specialist knowledge gained from working with Elsevier Clinical Solutions.
Reed Elsevier Group
Sr Vice President of Innovation
I was hired by a main Board member to drive innovation across the entire group of companies including, LexisNexis, Elsevier, and Reed Business Services.
I led and grew a team dedicated to supporting innovation across the Reed Elsevier Group to accelerate the company’s growth through significantly improved innovation capability and impact.
British Telecom
Director Portfolio Innovation
Responsible for the group portfolio strategy and ensuring we had the right portfolio to meet customers’ needs and group financial targets. Championed innovations from across the business and outside of BT and delivered
customer propositions. Wrote critical strategic analysis of market and technology trends. Partner on internal Venture Capital Board.
Xdrive Technologies
CTO, Co-Founder
One of the most exciting ventures in my life, I designed, engineered, and purchased the system infrastructure for the delivery of the service, the underlying Internet Data Platform, and corporate IT platform for the first provider of intelligent access and management of stored data. Assisted in crafting the corporation’s business plan and raising over $120M in investment.
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
I began my career at NASA as a graduate engineer working on all kinds of exciting projects including Return to Flight, Space Shuttle Main Engines, and the International Space Station.
I am a rocket scientist.
MIT Sloan School
Guest Lecturer
I have been lecturing to and working with graduate classes at MIT for the last 10 years. I mostly speak on the difficulty of innovating in large companies who often find themselves in markets under disruption. I also mentor student teams on real-world business projects sponsored by corporations.
Scene & Heard
Trustee & Treasurer
Scene & Heard is a unique mentoring project that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals. We give the children intensive, one-to-one adult attention, enabling them to write plays which are then performed by professional actors.
Royal Society of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Fellow (FRSA)
The mission of the RSA is to enrich society through ideas and action. We believe that all human beings have creative capacities that, when understood and supported, can be mobilised to deliver a 21st century enlightenment.
Charity / Academic
Companies
International Management Eduction Singapore
Senior Lecturer
I am the permanent Senior Lecturer in Strategy for IME. The course covers all aspects of Strategy and the tools necessary to be successful in business. The students leave with a complete toolkit and real-world knowledge in how to apply them.
