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Episode #9 - Conversation with Simon Townsend, ControlUp Field CTO - Part 2
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Join us in Episode #9 of ControlUp Community Radio, where your host, Douglas Brown, welcomes Simon Townsend, the Field CTO of ControlUp. In this insightful episode, Simon shares his journey over the past six months since his first day on the job, offering a fascinating look into his daily responsibilities and the evolving landscape of the EUC market. Simon’s deep understanding of ControlUp’s product and market trends and engaging storytelling make this episode a must-listen for anyone in the tech industry. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from one of the leading experts in the field!
In this episode featuring Simon Townsend, you will learn about:
- Simon’s experiences and key takeaways from his first six months at ControlUp
- A look into Simon’s daily activities and contributions to the company
- Surprising developments Simon has encountered
- Why customers are choosing ControlUp and its unique features
- An explanation of DEX (Digital Employee Experience) and its growing importance
- Market trends and changes as the industry evolves
- Updates and upcoming changes in the ControlUp product line
- Areas of future innovation for ControlUp
- Simon’s thoughts on the Euro Cup and the EUC market
- Key events and conferences recommended by Simon
Learn more:
About Simon Townsend
As EMEA Field CTO, Simon’s primary role is to interface with customers, partners and ControlUp’s own sales, marketing and development teams to help both ControlUp and its customers navigate through an ever transforming market. Having spent 5 years prior to joining ControlUp as IGELs Chief Marketing Officer and with 20 years’ experience in the end-user computing market, Simon has helped manage marketing, product marketing, product management and Global Systems Engineering for several enterprise software companies. Prior to IGEL, Simon was at Ivanti where he was Chief Technologist and a member of the Office of the CTO. A frequent industry speaker, author and visionary on industry topics related to endpoint security, VDI, Citrix, Windows and DaaS. He holds a bachelor’s degree in IT and business.
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About Douglas A. Brown
Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.
As VP of Community at IGEL, Douglas Brown grew their community to 9,000 members with 330,000 messages, led the VIP Program with 45 experts, managed Technical Publications, and was the Global Technology Evangelist.
With 25+ years in virtualization and cloud computing, Doug Brown founded DABCC, Inc., a pioneering and top-visited EUC website.
Doug was honored as Citrix's SE of the Year in 2002, received the Microsoft MVP award from 2005 to 2016, and earned the Citrix CTP and VMware vEXPERT titles. A regular speaker at industry events, he has been an active author for two decades.
Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to "social content management," US#8903912.
Mr. Brown hosted the #1-rated EUC podcast show, DABCC Radio.
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