Steve Horobin

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About Steve Horobin

Steve has over 39 years of experience in the IT business stretching from the first introduction of the personal computer, through client/server years and cloud adoption right up to today’s world of AI and HCI.Steve’s background of successful sales management and strong technical leadership uniquely positions him with skills to work professionally with both business leaders and technology managers. Steve has a strong appreciation of the requirements of a channel organisation and has worked with distributors and business partners for many years creating respect in the UK’s IT channel.Steve has a solid understanding of today’s changing work locations and the adoption of HCI and VDI technology in conjunction with the enhancements available from GPU offerings and container based software delivery. Steve is a consistent high achiever and always exceeds on set annual goalsSteve is an excellent presenter at all business levels and regularly speaks at partner and client conferences.Steve has also been press trained in 2002, refreshed in 2012 Knowledge base- Intel x86 server and PC architectures- Storage technologies such as LAN, SA, NAS and DAS- Storage protocols such as FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NVMe and NVMe/IP- LTO tape technology from desktop, through autoloaders up to libraries- Virtualisation technologies from VMware, Microsoft, Nutanix and KVM- Container technology including Kubernetes, Docker and Helm- Desktop virtualisation from VMware and Citrix- HCI technology from VMware, Microsoft and Nutanix- Networking overview with Ethernet and InfiniBand- Overview of AI/ML/DL with frameworks and toolsets- Software defined solutions for networking and storage- Cloud understanding including Azure Stack, Google Outposts, AWS Anthos and IBM Spectrum Fusion- Vendor management including Lenovo, IBM, Dell, Nvidia, Mellanox, Vast Data and Ctera- Operation of vendor config tools including Lenovo DCSC, Dell DSC, IBM eConfig- Current holder of all Lenovo sales and technical certs- Authorised Lenovo trainerPersonal Details:Steve is a mobile DJ and frequently runs events for non-profit, raising money for charitiesSteve regularly organises charity events in aid of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research within the local community. Steve has a keen interest in music with a collection of over 350 CDs and 500 vinyl albums of varying genres. Steve is an enthusiastic Formula One follower and also enjoys badminton and skiing.Steve is a member of the local gym and attends three times a week. Steve also attends motor club events with his classic sports car