DIG22: SurvivabilITy and SustainabilITy

Paul started his career on a small croft in the highlands, after leaving home for university Paul started working in ICT. For over 30 years now Paul has worked across multiple industries and business segments including financial service, central government, and digital natives. Paul has spent much of the past 5 years focused on Sustainable outcomes for his customers, he is one of the co-creators of AWS’s Well Architected Sustainability Pillar, the Sustainability GameDay, and is an active core member of the Sustainability technical field community in AWS.

Alex Goffe is Associate Director Technology at the University of Manchester.

Matt has worked as a web developer going back to the original web 1.0 dotcom boom at the turn of the century. Moving from there into systems administration, he now works in infrastructure management for the University of Huddersfield with an interest in Infras.tructure as Code and DevOps.

Henrik has gathered his experience of leading people through change and digital technologies from many sectors including Publishing, Tour Operating, Housing and, lately, Higher Education. Having worked in a variety of leadership roles encompassing operational management and strategic delivery, he is an experienced communicator at many levels. Henrik has spent the last decade in two leading universities creating successful Service Delivery and Operations departments with a focus on strategic goals and business outcomes, underlined by a culture of empowerment and achievement. He is the vice-chair of the UCISA Sustainability Group, member of the UCISA Support Services Group, an eager contributor to UCISA projects, and enjoys voluntary work, latest for tuition charity The Access Project. Continuous learning is a core principle to Henrik, he completed a Master’s degree with distinction in Management not long ago, and he perpetually embraces opportunities to learn through a variety of platforms. He is a keen architecture buff (having recently built a house to his own design) and loves a good cup of tea!

Mike has 20+ years of experience in the data storage industry and is very proud to continue to represent Pure Storage, as he has for the past nine years. Before joining Pure, he worked with various data storage and data protection products in a variety of technical roles. Mike's strengths and particular areas of interest include aligning the technical conversation with business outcomes and extracting value from data, as well as ESG. He also holds a First Class MBA at Warwick University.

Mitchell Mellard is a Threat Intelligence Analyst at Talion and formerly BAE Systems, responsible for researching new and emerging trends in the information security threat landscape, with experience across a wide variety of sectors, and has previously featured in several publications including Forbes, Infosecurity Magazine, and Radio 4.

Chris is a senior programme/project manager at the University of Wolverhampton. Prior to this, Chris worked as a project management consultant – where he helped clients to set up and improve upon their portfolio, programme and project governance and structures. At work, he is particularly passionate about people and change management, but outside of that he is a huge football fan. Although he hasn’t mentioned much about his beloved Manchester United for the last few months….

Chris Parker MBE is Director, Major Accounts at FORTINET UK leading on Central Government & Defence. He joined in 2020 having sold his consultancy company, Cyberplus Ltd (est.2014) who served Government & Public Sector, Insurance Markets and Corporations..

Chris was previously Chief Operating Officer of Terraseis, an international, oil & gas exploration company, leading $100M of success in Middle East & Africa. Chris previously worked in construction, notably as Project Director for the $1.3B Infrastructure at the Burj Khalifa mega-project in Dubai for Hyder plc, serving as Operations Director in London and Regional Director Middle East. Prior to that Chris served in the British Army, completing 9 combat and operational tours. Chris was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty The Queen in 2003 for his wartime role as Chief of Staff of 7th Armoured Brigade, The Desert Rats. At 35, he became the youngest Lieutenant Colonel of his generation.

Adrian Cooper is Business Solutions Architect and Field CTO for UK Public Sector for NetApp. In this role, he is responsible for developing technical relationships with customers and partners across the public sector to support them in their digital journeys and to get the most out of their data. Adrian has worked in the IT industry for more than 30 years, with the last 8 years spent at NetApp in Senior management roles in Solutions Engineering. Prior to that, he held Director-level roles at Memorex Telex, EDS Global Field Services, a&o and Simplexo.