Gareth Monk ,

I'm an Azure Specialist Solution Architect, helping enterprises of all sizes with architectural guidance on their journey to Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions, with a focus on the Microsoft Cloud. I have over 10 years experience in the IT managed services industry, architecting, delivering and supporting complex IT solutions based on a broad range of products including Azure IaaS and PaaS, Office 365, VMware, Hyper-V, Cisco and HP networking, Netapp and EMC storage solutions, and HP and Dell compute solutions. In support of that, I am a certified ITIL and PRINCE2 professional with significant experience in service delivery and project management. My technical skills are well aligned with my executive and leadership skills allowing the effective communication between business stakeholders and the IT department. My favourite stage of a project is working with the client or business unit leader to understand his or her pain points and requirements. As we work through that collaborative process, the ideas start to flow and the forming of innovative solutions begin. I complete that stage knowing that improvements will follow and the business can start to use IT to gain a competitive advantage instead of it slowing them down. If I can't be of service, I may know others who can meet your needs. After all, creating and fostering relationships - and giving back - is a cornerstone of conducting business today. So feel free to contact me if you'd like to connect.