EMEA Management Team
Brian Klingbeil
Acting Managing Director EMEA & Finance Director International
Before taking this role, Brian was the Vice President of Finance and Strategic Planning for SAVVIS in the US for 4.5 years. With over 10 years of experience in the IT and Telecommunications industry, Brian was the Vice President of Finance of GTS Telecommunications prior to joining SAVVIS and has also held key finance and planning positions at Qwest Communications in Denver, Colorado. Brian studied engineering at Miami University and holds a BS degree in Finance from The Ohio State University.
Mike Bennett
Vice President of Operations EMEA
Mike Bennett has served as Head of European Technical Operations since June 2004. Before this Mr Bennett was Hosting Engineering Manager for Savvis UK. Mr. Bennett was employed by Intel Corporation in a variety of positions, most recently as a Customer Account Manger, and before that as a Shift Operations Manager. Previously, Mr. Bennett served in various roles at Cable and Wireless’ Internet and Data communications Divisions.
Neil Cresswell
Vice President of Sales & Service Management EMEA
Neil Cresswell joined SAVVIS in 2007. Neil is responsible for the SAVVIS’ customer management organisation throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa, including the sales, pre sales systems engineering, marketing, account and service management organisations. This covers ensuring pre and post-sale service and customer satisfaction of all clients within the region. Neil has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining SAVVIS, Neil has held sales, service and marketing roles in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East for companies such as and IBM and Fiserv Inc. More recently, Neil has been responsible for leading the sales and marketing teams at European IT managed services providers Netstore - Intercea Plc and Attenda Ltd. Neil holds an honours degree in business studies from the University of Westminster.
Marion Stewart
Strategic Relationship Director, Government
Marion Stewart joined SAVVIS in 2003 and is in the role of Head of Customer Solutions EMEA. Marion manages the support of pre-sales support including Bid Management and Technical Pre Sales Support, and also post-Sales Account Management and Consultancy Services for SAVVIS in EMEA. Prior to joining SAVVIS, Marion spent over 15 years in the IT industry in both the Public and Private sector. In these roles, Marion had responsibility for the delivery and the procurement of IT services in mission critical environments, including emergency services. Marion holds a BA in Business Studies from Stirling University.
Jill Gates
Vice President of HR International
Jill Gates joined SAVVIS in August 2006 and is responsible for HR in EMEA, Asia Pacific and Japan. Jill has worked in HR for the past thirteen years with six of these years being spent exclusively in the IT and communications industries with senior HR management and consulting roles at Computer Associates, Huawei Technologies, Redstone Communications and Fastnet Systems. Previous to these roles, Jill spent six years with Adecco managing their temporary staff division in the Reading area. In the course of performing these roles, Jill has gained experience in, and advised on, HR management across multi-division environments and different geographic locations.
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