Board Members

Monique McIntosh
CIO - ac3

Rodney Haywood
Practice Manager (Acting), Data Centre Technologies - Alphawest

Rodney is the Practice Manager for Data Centre Technologies at Alphawest Services, a part of the Singtel Optus Group. Rodney has more than 20 years experience in the IT industry with a strong background in virtualisation and Cloud Computing. Rodney's focus is providing leadership, directing the growth/development of capabilities, leading offerings for architecture and technical developments within Alphawest and Optus business. In recognition for work done in leading delivery of Cloud Computing services to the market Rodney was presented the ARN Australian IT Industry Award for Personal Technical Excellence in 2010. Rodney was awarded the title vExpert in 2009 and 2010 by VMware for his contribution to the worldwide virtualisation community. Through social media Rodney has been a strong voice in the Australian online community in relation to storage technology and vendors.

Scott Campey
CEO - Clonnaugh Pty Ltd & SNIA ANZ Secretary
Scott Campey is the CEO of Clonnaugh, an independent consultancy firm based in Canberra. Clonnaugh's consulting model sees their consultants undertaking strategic engagements across a number of market segments for both commercial and federal customers. Scott has over 20 years experience in the IT service industry working for a range of customers across both commercial and government sectors addressing all facets of architecture, design, operational delivery and program delivery. Scott is focused on establishing a greater voice for the user community within the storage industry and aims to ensure that the user community participate more in the development of industry standards. Scott is currently a non-executive director and board member for several commercial and not for profit organisations, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

David Holmes
Solutions Marketing Manager, Enterprise Storage - Dell

David Holmes is the Solutions Marketing Manager for Enterprise Storage, Dell Australia and New Zealand. In this role he is responsible for driving the marketing strategy of Dell's Storage and Networking portfolios in the Commercial and Public sectors. Prior to joining Dell ANZ in 2010, David worked for 5 years in the Dell UK office as Solutions Marketing Manager for Public Sector and prior to that as Business Manager for Dell/EMC in EMEA. During this time he was involved in the integration of EqualLogic iSCSI SANs into the Dell Storage portfolio in UK. Before Dell, David spent several years in sales and product marketing roles at Bellmicro UK, a value-added provider of high-technology products, solutions, and professional services to the commercial and industrial markets.

Peter Prowse
General Manager, Data Centre Solutions - Dimension Data & SNIA ANZ Treasurer

Peter Prowse joined Dimension Data Australia in January 2010, as General Manager, Data Centre Solutions, In this role, he is responsible for the financial and strategic direction of Dimension Data's DCS business in Australia, which includes driving the development of new solution and service offerings, fostering robust client and vendor relationships, and liaising with Dimension Data's global business to develop global standards for the DCS practice in Australia. Prior to Dimension Data, Peter held a number of senior management and sales roles at Hewlett Packard (HP) South Pacific over a 10 year period.  Most recently, he spent two years leading HP's systems integration business as Director of HP's Network Solutions Group. In this role he was responsible for developing and implementing solutions around Unified Communications; Security; and Data Centre Networking. Prior to his time at HP, Peter held management roles at IT services company Interim technology, IBM, and IT training firm Pollak Partners. Peter is currently studying for an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Clive Gold
Marketing CTO - EMC & SNIA Vice-Chair
Clive Gold joined EMC Corporation in 1999 as the Regional Marketing Director and became the Director Product Marketing in 2004. Clive has now taken on the role of Chief Technology Officer for this region, in which Clive is responsible for EMC's specialist marketing activities and he plays a strategic role in advising on the overall direction of EMC.
Clive has over 25 years experience in the IT industry having commenced his career with Hewlett-Packard, Clive subsequently held a variety of senior positions in sales, marketing and services with companies including ComTech and Pyramid Technology. Clive holds a Masters degree in Business Administration as well as a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.  

Mark Nielsen
Product Marketing Manager - HP Australia
Mark Nielsen is product marketing manager for HP’s StorageWorks Division, part of the Enterprise Storage and Server (ESS) Group. He is responsible for product management and marketing of the HP StorageWorks portfolio and supporting the sales and services teams to deliver integrated storage solutions to both Enterprise and SMB customers throughout Australia. As part of his role at HP, Mark works closely with the enterprise team to develop end-to-end customer solutions and help HP achieve financial and market objectives for its storage business. Mark has more than 22 years experience in the Australian IT industry having joined Digital Equipment Corporation in 1995. Mark has held numerous roles in sales, business management and business development across a broad product and solutions portfolio which includes OEM, storage, servers and services. 

Adrian DeLuca
Director of Pre-sales and Solutions - Hitachi Data Systems ANZ 

Adrian De Luca brings over 15 years of experience in Information Technology to Hitachi Data Systems. In his role as Director Pre-Sales & Solutions, Adrian is responsible for directing the technical pre-sales capability in Australia and New Zealand, managing the team of Systems Engineers, Solution Architects and Business Development Managers. He is also Chief Technology Evangelist for Hitachi's solutions, working closely with Hitachi's development facilities in Santa Clara, California and customers around the region to bring innovative solutions to the market. Adrian works actively with industry bodies such as the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), as well as the analysts and press. He is also a popular keynote speaker presenting at major industry events around Asia Pacific, written a number of business white papers and co-authored "Storage Virtualization for Dummies".

Formerly, Adrian De Luca has held senior positions in the Asia Pacific Product Management team, Australia/New Zealand Management team and System Engineering group at Hitachi Data Systems. He has a background in content management consulting at Broadvision Inc and maintained numerous Software Engineering positions at various enterprise software vendors. 

Joe Screnci
Sales Leader, Storage Systems - IBM Australia

David Lenz
Director, Enterprise Technology Group - Ingram Micro
 

Simon Sharwood
Jargonmaster Corporate Communications
Simon Sharwood has spent the last fifteen years writing for and about the information technology industries as a journalist, marketer and public relations consultant. He is now editor of Australia and New Zealand’s only dedicated storage news website, searchstorage.com.au, in addition to various other freelance writing, editing and podcasting engagements. 

Mark Harrison - National Australia Bank                                                                          
 

John Martin
Consulting Systems Engineer - NetApp Australia & SNIA ANZ Joint Treasurer 

Kate Walker
Chief Executive Officer - RIMPA                                                                                     

Kate is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA). She also owns and operates her own consulting business - Relevancy Pty Ltd - which pursues information management solutions, in particular; workflow, document and records management solutions as well as providing training and assessment in line with the AQTF Competency Framework. She is a widely recognised advisor on the subjects of Knowledge Management, Information Management, Records and Document Management, E-Business, Workflow & Image Processing, Process Mapping & Analysis, and information enabling technology. She has conducted Audits, Corporate Plans, Strategic Studies and Implementation & Impact Studies on the introduction of information technologies. 

Craig Scroggie
Vice President, Pacific Region - Symantec & SNIA ANZ Chairman                            

Craig Scroggie is Vice President of the Pacific region encompassing Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, responsible for driving Symantec's sales and business development in the region. Scroggie serves as senior leader for the overall Symantec business in Pacific. Previously the senior director of business development for Asia Pacific and Japan, Scroggie was responsible for leading enterprise business development for Symantec's fastest growing region. He was also the sales director for Veritas Software Australia and New Zealand, responsible for sales, support, strategy, planning, renewals, and operations. Previous roles include national sales manager at Computer Associates, national channels manager for EMC Corporation, sales and marketing manager of the telecommunication and technology group for Fujitsu, national sales manager of Yamaha's computer and multimedia products division and the IT manager of Allans/Brashs retail chain in Australia. Scroggie is a graduate and fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a fellow of the Australian Sales & Marketing Institute and serves on their National Advisory Committee. He is also a trustee for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. Craig is a graduate of the University of Southern Queensland and holds post graduate qualifications in Information Technology and Management.