On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Node4’s Tom Needs, to find out what makes him tick. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? My most memorable achievement was very early on in my career when I led the development of a ‘virtual children’s centre’ for the NSPCC. It was […]
On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Crimson Hexagon’s Chris Bingham, to find out what makes him tick. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? Apart from my family, building Crimson Hexagon has been fantastic. We started over 10 years ago with just an academic algorithm and an idea. We’ve […]
On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Maginus’ CEO, Simon Weeks, to find out what makes him tick. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? Being the CEO of a company with a £10m+ turnover that is debt-free and profitable has been a great achievement. But more so than that […]
On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Red Hat’s Mike Kelly, to find out what makes him tick. What first made you think of a career in technology? I started my career in accounting. After I experienced the systems I had to use to do my job, I knew that my work […]
On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Scale Computing’s Jeff Ready, to find out what makes him tick. What first made you think of a career in technology? I’ve been in and around IT technology my entire life. My father ran information systems for an industrial construction company and as a kid, […]
What has been your most memorable achievement? Building a team at Cloudian that has worked incredibly hard, achieved success and bonded as a unit. Creating an environment where there is safety for individuals to challenge the orthodox, doing things differently and have the creative freedom to shape how we engage with our customers and shape […]
What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? As a clinical psychologist, I became increasingly curious about speech. A patient could tell me they’re feeling fine, but the way they said it – intonation, pace, emphasis – signalled something entirely different. I began to question how I could leverage this knowledge and I decided […]
What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? It would have to be the adoption and growth of public cloud at my last company. In 2013, the CTO and I decided we should focus on a ‘cloud first’ strategy, so I closed nine physical data centres and moved 80% of our customer-facing infrastructure to […]
What first made you think of a career in technology? From a very early age I had a keen interest in Science Fiction and all things related to space exploration. I was an avid reader of 2000 AD magazine and as a child, firmly believed that by the turn of the millennium we would all […]
What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? Throughout my career, I have been lucky to participate and lead a number of major IT projects. I really cannot select a specific one as being the most memorable. Each presented different challenges and I enjoyed working with so many people along the way. I have […]
Stephen Moore, Chief Security Strategist at Exabeam What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? It’s difficult to name just one thing – often it’s a collection of small wins or the unexpected that most positively changes one’s life. As a junior-level director, I had the honour of leading the technical response to a […]
