Damion Lock

Hi, I'm Damion Lock and I provide datacenter consultancy through innovation increasing customer operational efficiency

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I have worked in the IT sector for over 20 years with 16 years in the Middle East including being based in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE covering many verticals and roles including: General Management, Sales Management, Commercial Director, Business Development, Business Managenent, Project Management and Engineering Goals include: Cost Control, Creative Teamwork, Innovative Business Development, Increasing Brain Trust Knowledge and Experience, Resilient Relationship Creation, Technical Leadership and Maximising Productivity.

Business Developement Manager at UnlimITed

September 2010 - September 2011

Responsible for business growth and expansion through development of new initiatives and products including mobility solutions from TBS, SaaS Enterprise services, Hosting and IT support desk services.

General Manager (ME region) at Schnabel AG

August 2006 - October 2010

Started as Project Manager, moving to Commercial Director and more recently to General Manager

Business Development Manager at Magirus

2005 - 2006

Responsible for developing VMware & EMC market

Senior Storage Consultant at Zycko

December 2003 - August 2005

Responsible for reviewing all IT solutions and supporting the sales team during sales opportunities and development

Senior Storage Architect / Product Manager at STME

November 1995 - September 2002

Moved from being and Engineer through to Senior Architect and Product Manager, also responsible as company quality coordinator for ISO 9001:2000. Lived and worked in: KSA 1995-1996 Kuwait 1996-2000 Bahrain 2000-2001 Dubai 2001-2002 Trained and worked on all mainstream hardware and software.

Mainframe Engineer at CST Bristol

1991 - 1995

Responsible for all engineering feature upgrades for IBM mainframe models 3080,3090, es9000, and 9021.

General Manager Training MEA at DataCenterDynamics

October 2011

Responsible for all training sales in the MEA region and co-managing the MEA office.

Founder/Data Center Consultant at ONE9 3NINE Consulting

September 2011

DC Consultant involved with linking business planning with technology through a long career in both IT and Data Centers. Providing services in the areas of Data Centers, Management, Operations, Training, Design, Information Technology and Mobility.

University of Liverpool

2007 – 2011

MBA

Frome Community College

1989 – 1991

Maths

Concentration: A-Levels

Cycled 950km across Tibet and Nepal to Everest Base Camp for Charity 2011, Parachute Jumped in Wollongong, Oz 2003, Climbed Kilimanjaro 2002