Welcome to Serge Dujardin –
Vice President Sales Thales ISS

Serge Dujardin recently joined the Thales D3S division as head of world-wide sales for our Information Systems Security (ISS) strategic business line.

Serge brings a vast experience of more than 25 years in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Serge previously occupied several senior management functions at Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise Business Group, including: Vice President RSC Europe and South, Managing Director for France, and Vice President EMEA & India for Alcatel's Networking Infrastructure Unit (NIBU). Previously to that, he was President & CEO of RealScale Technologies Inc

Serge holds a degree in Systems Analysis from the HRITO in Belgium – Hasselt.

A big welcome to Serge.

"Captain" Chris Woods

As some of you will already be aware, Thales Channel Manager, Chris Woods, recently achieved a long held ambition of competing in the ARC Trans-Atlantic Rally.

The ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) is now the largest transoceanic sailing event in the world. Starting in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria and ending in Rodney Bay, St Lucia the ARC brings together 200 yachts from around the world. The journey totals 2700 miles and takes between 14 and 21 days.

Chris was aboard a 72 foot Global Challenge yacht with 15 other crew members, including a professional skipper and mate. They came in a very creditable 9th place after 16 days at sea.

For more details of the ARC go to: www.worldcruising.com/arc/

 

Introducing Darren Burkey

Darren has recently joined the Professional Services team as a Lead Consultant and brings considerable smartcard experience to the team after spending the last 8 years working for Gemalto, a leading global smartcard manufacturer.

After initially working within help desk support he was soon promoted as a Technical Consultant within Financial Services. Since then Darren has provided support for both pre-sales and post-sales and has been solely responsible for managing the technical relationship with some of Gemalto's Top 10 customers. In particular he has been working closely with the UK banks providing technical expertise in EMV and its associated smartcards.

Although primarily supporting banking during his time at Gemalto (previously Gemplus) Darren has also worked in various commercial markets such as loyalty, metering and healthcare and was responsible for managing the VARs and partners. Darren has proven his versatility even further by supporting IAM (Identity & Access Management) and e-banking for the past two years.