CompTIA Community - UK & Ireland

Greg Jones

Vice President of Business Development, EMEA, Kaseya/Datto

Steven Pretlove

Director, CCS IT Solutions

Tracy Pound

Managing Director, Prizm Solutions Ltd., Maximity Limited, Director

Tracy was voted PCR’S Woman of the Year 2016 and one of the top 50 women in technology in 2014 and 2015. She was awarded CompTIA’s Member of the Year in 2017 and is passionate about diversity and raising the bar in professionalism and skills with tech professionals.

Tracy has over 38 years of tech experience working in programming, training, service delivery and management, as well as working to run and implement business systems in automotive manufacturing. As a tech mentor, Tracy has worked with both men and women around the world to help advance their businesses.

She has taken part in several funded initiatives to deliver IT advice to SMEs, has been a part of the Police-run Staffordshire Online Fraud Forum, is an Advisory Board member of one of the UK’s Cyber Resilience Centres and was one of the authors of a business standard for IT companies called Accredit UK.

An active member of the UK&I Community, Tracy is also a member of the education faculty delivering training, webinars and talks for CompTIA members around the world. Her duties as a Board director have included chairing the Governance Committee followed by the Audit, Finance and Investment Committee, as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.

She founded Maximity, an IT training and consulting business specializing in end-user education and awareness, in 2000 and co-founded Prizm Solutions, an insurance brokerage, with her husband in 2006. In addition, Tracy started RedQor with 3 colleagues in 2021 to offer a unique IT, cybersecurity and software development talent acquisition solution for MSPs or MSSPs.

Tracy is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Consulting, a PRINCE 2 practitioner, a member of the Federation of Small Businesses and Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Dan Scott

IT Nation Community Manager - EMEA, ConnectWise

Andrew Allen

Chief Executive, Aabyss

Ben Spector

Head of Solutions, Zomentum

Kyle Torres

Channel Account Executive, Sophos

Hollie Whittles

Information Security & HR Director, Purple Frog Systems Ltd.

Hollie Whittles is an award winning TEDx speaker and Director of two digital companies. Her passion is to EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN and ENGAGE.

Spending more than 5000 hours speaking to audiences across the UK, she has helped hundreds of business owners to grow their businesses. Hollie is in constant demand. Her charismatic and knowledgeable approach empowers people to get the results they want through adoption of the right technology, strategic planning and digital marketing.

In 2020, Hollie was nominated as one of the top 40 Women in Tech. She was presented with a certificate from the British Computer Society for her work in the UK digital industry in 2018 and was awarded a certificate of recognition by the Woman Who Awards. In 2014, Hollie was voted one of the Top 50 Women in Tech by PCR Online and was Woman of the Year finalist.

Paul Croker

Founder and Director, 18iT

John Fisher

IT Support, Westway IT Ltd

Ian Groves

Managing Director, Start Tech

Hannah Lloyd

VP Channel Sales, inSOC

Hannah Lloyd is VP Channel Sales at inSOC Inc, an international provider of Security Operations to managed service providers and managed security service providers.

Hannah joined inSOC  in 2019 after previously spending 5 years at Inbay where she worked her way up through the business from Inside Sales Representative to Senior Channel Manager. At inSOC, Hannah is responsible for new business and managing the major accounts of MSP and MSSP partners in the UK, US, Benelux, Asia and Australia whilst also representing inSOC at international and virtual events.

She was one of just three young leaders to be honoured as a ChannelChanger by CompTIA for 2018, and again in 2020, a programme that honours young professionals who are excelling in their roles within IT Channel organisations. She was also named one of PCR’s top women in Tech in 2020, and a finalist for CRN’s UK Rising Star Award in 2021.

Hannah was also honoured as the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Member of the Year award by CompTIA in 2021 at the age of 28. She was commended for her dedication and passion for the technology industry, contributing to global initiatives including those focused on advancing women In technology, cyber security and Em Tech along with those closer to home in the UK community, including topics revolving around workforce, diversity and MSP growth. She is now serving as the Chair of the UK Business Technology Executive Council for CompTIA after spending 2 years as Vice Chair.

 

Jack Lyons

Business Development Manager, MysonPages

Scott Riley

Owner, Cloud Nexus

Alicia Shepherd

Director of Sales, Terra Computer Limited

Clare Shiptston

Cybersecurity Channel Manager UK/I & Nordics, OpenText

Paul Stanyer

Director, PS Tech