Experience

VIPA Digital

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  VIPA Digital is a boutique consulting and advisory firm serving Data Centre Industry, Investment, Private and Public sector clients. With over 100+ years of collective experience we are well positioned to help clients deliver solutions to business and technology problems across IT, Data Centres and Cloud environments.​VIPA Digitals connected thinking approach ensures that our solutions truly meet our clients needs. With a deep understanding of Data Centres, Technology Infrastructure environments and the regulatory landscape, we aim to provide clients with a one stop shop for Data Centre strategies, Investment Due Diligence, Energy and Sustainability advice, Operational Risk and Regulatory guidance, including establishing and optimising Data Centre Operations.



Digital Realty

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President of Customer Operations, EMEA

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Responsible for establishing a new Customer Operations Organisation, managing a team of 100+ staff across four functional areas; Colocation Operations, Implementation Services, Customer Success and Network Design, Engineering and Support. The primary achievement in this role was to establish a Customer Centric Organisation that put the customer at the heart of our service offerings.

• Vice President of DC Operations, EMEA

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2016

  Responsible for the Operations of Digital Realty’s Data Centers across the EMEA region. Managing a portfolio of 24 properties, over 2m+ sqft, 140+MW Power with a team of 100+ staff.



Morgan Stanley

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Enterprise Data Centers, EMEA, Executive Director

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2014

  Responsible for all aspects of Data Center management across EMEA. With additional functional responsibility for Global Data Center Portfolio Management. Managing a team of 100+ staff, and an operating budget of $70m+. The primary achievement in this role has been to integrate separate Facilities Management and IT Data Center teams into one organisation (EDC).

• Head of Enterprise Computing, EMEA, Executive Director

  • Jul 2003 - Jan 2008

  Responsible for the operations and engineering of the distributed systems environment across EMEA. The infrastructure was broadly composed of 6000+ servers (Solaris, Linux, Windows), 12,000 desktops, and 300TB Storage. Managed the Enterprise Computing team through unprecedented growth, whilst changing the resource model to incorporate outsourcing and a near shore operations center.

• Head of Infrastructure Engineering - Equities Division, EMEA, Vice President

  • Oct 2000 - Jul 2003

  During a period of instability a team was formed to focus on improving the stability of the Equities Sales and Trading technology environment. Working closely with business unit development groups, the group succeeded in radically improving stability, resiliency and building a trading platform capable of 5x growth.

• Unix Operations Manager, London, Vice President

  • Apr 1996 - Oct 2000

  Managed the London UNIX Operations team, providing L1 and L2 support to all Institutional Securities Group (ISG) business units. Responsibilities included the running of the help desks, administration of AFS, NFS, Email and Backup environments.

• Unix Administrator, Associate

  • Mar 1994 - Apr 1996

  Provided internal support on Morgan Stanley’s London Unix environment. Duties included o/s upgrades, server installations and general technical support.



Micromuse

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Unix Systems Administrator

  • 1993 - 1994



Группа компаний ICL

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• UNIX Systems Administrator

  • 1991 - 1992