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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Virtualization space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mike Nayler
District Manager, Government & Defence of Dell EMC
Mike Nayler is a District Manager, Government & Defence at EMC.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Gurmail Singh
Strategic Alliances and Snr Manager of Trend Micro
Gurmail Singh is responsible for Trend Micro UK’s Strategic Cloud Alliances and tasked to engage customers & partner communities on Trend Micro’s global role as a Cybersecurity enabler for Cloud-first enterprises on their digital transformation journey. Working with a powerful partner eco-systems which delivers, consulting services, AppDev, DevSecOps, systems integration, managed cloud and outsourcing services to help UK enterprises boost their digital goals. All this by our partners helping enterprise boost innovation, drive adoption and manage their datacentre modernization securely across the Hybrid cloud spectrum. Prior to Trend Micro, Gurmail held positions in Consulting, Cloud, Alliances, and Software specialist disciplines which covered Cloud, Modern workspace and Customer experience platforms. With a key focus on helping enterprises and Cloud partners build and develop customer-focused propositions for the UK market. Notably Gurmail has held positions with Microsoft, Rackspace, & Systems Integrator Partners over the last 15+ years of his career. is responsible for Trend Micro UK’s Strategic Cloud Alliances and tasked to engage customers & partner communities on Trend Micro’s global role as a Cybersecurity enabler for Cloud-first enterprises on their digital transformation journey. Working with a powerful partner eco-systems which delivers, consulting services, AppDev, DevSecOps, systems integration, managed cloud and outsourcing services to help UK enterprises boost their digital goals. All this by our partners helping enterprise boost innovation, drive adoption and manage their datacentre modernization securely across the Hybrid cloud spectrum. Prior to Trend Micro, Gurmail held positions in Consulting, Cloud, Alliances, and Software specialist disciplines which covered Cloud, Modern workspace and Customer experience platforms. With a key focus on helping enterprises and Cloud partners build and develop customer-focused propositions for the UK market. Notably Gurmail has held positions with Microsoft, Rackspace, & Systems Integrator Partners over the last 15+ years of his career.
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Gary Verster
Senior Marketing Operations Manager of Trend Micro
Gary leads marketing operations for Europe and MMEA at Trend Micro. A marketing technologist and evangelist at heart, he sees himself as a ‘pragmatic strategist’ and is passionate about using data to drive decisions.
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Enzo Raso
Senior Product Manager of Citrix Systems
Enzo Raso is a senior product manager for Citrix XenServer in the Citrix Core Infrastructure Group. He has overseen delivery of every Citrix XenServer release since 6.2, and is responsible for customer outreach, product strategy and roadmap formulation. Prior to joining Citrix, Enzo spent five years as head of R&D with Betfair, the world’s biggest betting exchange. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Andrew Cresswell
Senior Product Manager of Citrix Systems
Andy is the Citrix release product manager for XenApp and XenDesktop for current releases across the products, both on-premises and cloud versions. He is also the PM for Studio, AppDNA, App-V and Workspace Environment Manager. Relatively new to Citrix, Andy brings 12 years’ experience from a Citrix customer view and has a large portfolio of experience with many technologies supporting virtualized computing.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Andrew Cresswell
Senior Product Manager of Citrix Systems
Andy is the Citrix release product manager for XenApp and XenDesktop for current releases across the products, both on-premises and cloud versions. He is also the PM for Studio, AppDNA, App-V and Workspace Environment Manager. Relatively new to Citrix, Andy brings 12 years’ experience from a Citrix customer view and has a large portfolio of experience with many technologies supporting virtualized computing.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Michael Murphy
Sales Manager Scotland and Ireland of Zerto
Michael Murphy helps organisations improve resilience of services and enable their change programmes with confidence. Michael has worked in the technology market for 14 years across a diverse range of industries and geographies. For four years he worked with the fintech sector in East Africa and is passionate about technology as a driver for financial inclusion. Michael is responsible for Zerto’s business in Scotland and Ireland and is heavily involved in a range of transformative projects in Banking and Healthcare sectors.
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About Zerto: Zerto is an IT resilient all-in-one converged disaster recovery, data protection, and cloud mobility solution.
Adam Shillcock
Manager, Sales Engineering UK&I of Datto
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About Datto: Datto provides backup, recovery, and business continuity solutions to managed service providers worldwide.
Adam Shillcock
Manager, Sales Engineering UK&I of Datto
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About Datto: Datto provides backup, recovery, and business continuity solutions to managed service providers worldwide.
Lucy Evans
Marketing Manager of Stack Group
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About Stack Group: The Stack Group provide a comprehensive range of IT services and solutions.
