The world of business is changing at a rapid pace, so leaders need to develop a strategy that not only supports its evolving needs over the next 2-3 years, but also need to lay the foundations for what it will look like in the longer term. This panel discussion will get insight from the most experienced vendors in the field and provide actionable recommendations on the steps they should take to ensure they have a future proof strategy in place.
Speaker:
Richard McCormack
Head of Marketing Strategy and Operations, America
Fujitsu
With more than three decades of industry experience, Richard McCormack is responsible for the marketing of Fujitsu products, retail, business and application services, and infrastructure services business. Richard is a frequent speaker at industry events, where he represents thought leadership and perspective regarding Fujitsu business direction including IoT and how ICT will contribute transforming business and society. Prior to Fujitsu, Richard was vice president of Storage for Amdahl Corporation, where he developed and managed both open systems and S/390 storage solutions. Richard’s extensive background as an open systems consultant in the UK brought him to the US in 1994 working with Pyramid Technology and Siemens on their High Availability, Server and Storage offerings.
Robin Lipscomb
Head of Offerings, Managed Infrastructure Services EMEIA
Fujitsu
Robin is responsible for the ownership, technical validity and strategic direction of Fujitsu's portfolio which spans our Digital Workplace Services, Social Command Centre and Intelligent Engineering areas. He works extensively with our strategic business partners, alliances, marketing agencies, CTOs and global teams to ensure that he is able to create the most innovative, differentiated and relevant portfolio of offerings across the marketplace. Robin is an externally certified senior architect specializing in cognitive anthropomorphic services, virtualization and mobile technologies across hybrid infrastructures. A former IBM’er with 29+ years’ experience in the ICT sector, he is passionate about technology and believes in delivering Innovative services that drive tangible business value to his customers.
Christian Reilly
Vice President & CTO, Workspace Services
Citrix
Christian Reilly serves as Vice President & CTO for the Workspace Services Business Unit at Citrix, responsible for overall technology strategy & direction. The Workspace Services Business Unit comprises core products and technologies like XenApp, XenDesktop, XenMobile, XenServer, and Citrix Cloud. Prior Christian held key leadership positions at Bechtel, where he was responsible for strategic planning, enterprise architecture and innovation program. In addition to expertise in IT strategy, systems design, commercial evaluation, implementation and operation of complex environments, Christian oversaw commercial and technical vendor management of global accounts for Bechtel. Christian studied Business & Computing at the University of Central Lancashire, England.
Shawn Bass
VP & CTO, End-User Computing
VMware
Shawn is a recognized expert in the End User Computing industry. With more than 20 years of consulting experience, he has worked with all facets of End-User Computing (Terminal Services, Virtual Desktops, Application Virtualization and Enterprise Mobility Management) since the very beginning of these technologies. Shawn joined VMware in September 2014 to help lead and define a long-term strategy for VMware’s End User Computing products and works closely with the product team in implementing the strategy in the years to come. Shawn is currently serving as CTO for End-User Computing.
Anna Kopp
Head of IT Germany
Microsoft
Anna Kopp studied international communication at the International Business Institute of University Stockholm before moving to Germany. Since 1993 in the IT industry in sales, operations and management and 15 years at Microsoft. She was responsible globally for customer satisfaction in the online division before switching to IT 3 years ago and is now driving business processes and technology in Germany. With focus on efficiency and simplification she leads the digital transformation from IT perspective. Since 2017 she is also Regional Office Lead for the HQ Schwabing where she drives the modern world of work from a cultural perspective. She believes firmly that the human being is the focal point for all the changes in todays world.
Harald Fratz
Head of Alliances Global SI
Google
Harald Fratz is Head of SI Alliances DACH region at Google where he is leading the business with the major Global System Integrators. During his more than 30 years he has worked for companies like Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Accenture in leading sales positions. Harald is holding a master of science of the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich.
Future workplace 2025 - panel discussion
