Interviews

• Personal Innovation Awards: Customer Service - Stephanie McFadden, Westcon group

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 29 November, 2010 16:31

  A job well done and an affinity for people are the two main reasons Westcon Group order management and licensing team leader, Stephanie McFadden, won the customer service personal innovation award.

• Taking hold of emerging technology

  By Nadia Cameron | 05 August, 2009 15:38

  Westcon Group’s first dedicated chief technology officer, Bill Hurley, was initially appointed CIO 12 months ago and is now tasked with overseeing the distributor’s IT organisation while identifying future technologies and capabilities to invest in globally. He caught up with NADIA CAMERON during a recent visit to Sydney to discuss his background, the status of Westcon’s vendor line-up and his emerging IT agenda.

• Playing to your strengths

  By Nadia Cameron | 18 February, 2009 14:55

  Westcon Group is confident its focus on core technologies such as collaboration, security, storage and networking will help it ride out the economic storm. General manager, Wendy O’Keeffe, caught up with ARN to discuss the state of the market and the distributor’s position in 2009.

• Improving the channel's bottom line

  By Nadia Cameron | 19 January, 2009 15:32

  Dean Douglas joined Westcon Group as global chief operating officer six months ago and boasts of an illustrious career in the IT space including senior management roles with IBM, Motorola and wireless engineering group, LCC International. He was recently in town to meet with the distributor’s Australian team and caught up with NADIA CAMERON to talk about growth plans, market sentiment and where distribution is headed.