Mick Walker

IBM Systems and Technology Group Green Computing Consultant,

Mick Walker Biog

Mick joined IBM from the acquisition of Sequent Computers in 2000, where he managed the European Services Business.

He currently holds the position of Green Computing Consultant in IBM STG advising IBM clients on energy efficient data centres and distributed computing environments.

He has held a variety of services positions in IBM GTS including EMEA Industrial Sector Sales Mgr, Regional Business Continuity Offering Exec and UK Services Solutions Manager

Mick Walker session title: Virtualization as an IT Optimizer

Jim Spooner

UK Strategy Services Manager,GlassHouse Technologies UK Ltd

Jim Spooner Biog

Jim Spooner is the Strategy Services Practice Manager for GlassHouse Technologies UK, where he brings over 20 years experience within data storage and IT service delivery.

During his time at GlassHouse, Jim has worked at numerous organisations delivering projects that focus on transforming the way in which IT is delivered as a service to the business.
Jim joined GlassHouse from Accenture where he was a Senior Consultant delivering strategy and process related projects, in particular assisting clients in the areas of storage management and disaster recovery.

During this time Jim also developed an archiving strategy for an enterprise organisation and implemented an email archiving solution to support up to 6,000 users.

Prior to GlassHouse, Jim was at StorageNetworks, where he worked with clients to support the development and implementation of consolidated storage and backup services within major clients across the globe. In his early career, Jim spent 15 years working for a number of technology manufacturers and solution providers within the field of storage, backup/recovery and archiving.

Jim holds a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Portsmouth Polytechnic.

Jim Spooner session title: If Not Now, When? Create a DR Plan Today!

Tom Sperrey

Managing Director,UPS Systems plc

Tom Sperrey Biog

With a background in the IT industry, Tom Sperrey founded UPS Systems plc in 1993 to satisfy a gap in the marketplace IT departments that needed specialist and impartial advice on the best standby power solutions to satisfy their very specific power requirements.

This impartiality could only be delivered by an independent organisation able to focus on the specific needs of each client and not limited to any single manufacturers product range.

Tom has been tracking the development of fuel cell technology for more than 5 years and, as a result, in early 2006, UPS Systems installed the UKs first fuel cell standby power system to support the companys ICT systems within their Hungerford headquarters.

Since then, UPS Systems has supplied fuel cells to both commercial and research organisations and is currently working on projects that span telecommunications, financial services, retail, utilities, highways, education and health.