James Brooks

UKIMEA Hybrid Cloud Solutions Leader Hewlett Packard Enterprise

James has 20 years’ of industry experience across Telecommunications and IT having occupied global roles in both Service Providers and Technology vendors. Currently he works at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) leading the Hybrid Cloud Solutions Business Unit across UK Ireland, Middle East Africa (UKIMEA) responsible for bringing the Edge to Cloud portfolio together for customers and partners.

James has held a diverse set of leadership roles within HPE. Most recently running the Technology and Solutions Group including the Pre- Sales, Chief Technologists, HPE GreenLake, Financial Services and Top Accounts sales organizations. James drove a transformation to pivot the teams to a co-creation engagement model.

Formally he helped establish Scottish and Southern Energy’s Telecoms division building and executing the major accounts program. He started his career as a graduate with British Telecom where he delivered projects across Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Operations and Finance building a comprehensive understanding of how technology companies work.

James holds a Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate, an Economics degree from Exeter University and is a mentor at the Alacrity foundation. James has completed the Chief Technology Officer Program at the University of Cambridge.