United Kingdom
With a strong commercial and technology industry background, I help clients expand the scope and focus of IT security management - addressing risks that are specifically aligned with their business strategy. With an MBA and Prince II combined with technical experience I tend to strike the right balance between technology and business sense. Currently, I am on the lookout for professionals within IT Management, who are open to sharing ideas on how a bespoke range of Cyber Security services can be applied to boost the protection of their systems and assets in a way that reduces exposure to risk and can be implemented in a matter of a few weeks. Specialties: SOC, MDR, EDR, Risk Assessments, Security Assessments Penetration Testing, Gap Analysis, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, Data Loss Prevention, Internet and Mail gateway protection, Risk and Compliance, End Point Security, Secure Mobile Working, Secure Application Infrastructure. Delivered various project based professional services engagements and multi-year managed services.
At Zenzero, a high-growth, PE-backed MSP and 2024 Deloitte Fast 50 winner, I lead all commercial revenue activity across new business and existing accounts. I built a high-performing commercial function of 60 staff and launched a new Cyber Services line (GRC, Pen Testing, SOC). As a leader & manager of managers, my role combined strategic leadership with hands-on sales execution, owning key client relationships and driving consulting wins across retail and professional services.
I led the growth of our Cyber business across Managed Services and Professional Services, including SOC, vCISO, GRC, and Pen Testing. I built and scaled a high-achieving team, consistently overachieving targets and securing the group’s largest-ever cyber deals—including a multi million digital transformation win and multi-year SOC engagements. I also shaped go-to-market strategy, drove marketing and pipeline performance, and received recognitions for landmark achievements.
As a member of the Risk Consulting Cyber team, leading account growth and delivering high-impact IAM and cyber transformation projects across financial services and public sector. I was the highest revenue generator in the team for 18 months (Cyber Inc.), growing a Tier 1 bank account 4x. I combined strong delivery acumen with business development, helping elevate KPMG’s cyber profile in a competitive market.
Telefónica, a global organisation, present in 24 countries and with 120,000 professionals, with consolidated revenues of €57,061M and more than 323 million customers, Telefonica is one of the world’s largest Telco operators and integrators. Telefonica operate professional and managed services and a series of Security Operations Centres (SOC) globally, providing infrastructure and security services to public, private and CNI customers. Working within Telefonica's Digital division as IT & Cyber security sales specialist for O2 Telefónica UK, I was responsible for generating business within 5 Public Sector business units and Retail sector. I consistently overachieved on quarterly and annual targets and finished FY2016 at 126% billed rev target. Supported vendors included Checkpoint, FortiNet, RSA, SafeNet, Imperva, F5, Citrix, Cisco, Palo Alto, Arbor Networks, McAfee and Symantec.