Fast Lane Management

Andy Turner, Managing Director UK |

Andy has worked in the Telecommunications and IT industry for over 20 years. Initially with the Philips Electronics Group responsible for the Commercial & Business Development of mobile and …Read moredata products in Western Europe, Middle East and the emerging markets of Eastern Europe and India. During this period a multitude of business experience was gained in driving Product Business Units and associated Sales & Marketing programmes achieving positioning Philips as the new market entrant and taking to market leadership in many of the developing markets of Eastern Europe by negotiating multi-million dollar contracts with Service Providers & intermediaries via both a direct and an indirect sales channel. Over the past 10 years Andy has held Senior Commercial Director roles with a number of IT Education and Consultancy businesses in the UK and EMEA. This has encompassed periods of rapid growth, mergers & acquisitions as well as assisting companies to sell their business. Andy has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics from Brunel University, a post graduate diploma in Sales & Marketing and a Fellowship from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Rüdiger Weskamm, Director Germany |

Rüdiger has worked in the IT Industry in Germany since 1980 including management roles for Nixdorf Computer, Siemens Nixdorf AG and Siemens Business Services.
…Read more He has worked in the training and educational sector as Line Manager for customer and employee training, as project manager for European community projects and as the responsible manager for the Siemens Internet Academy. As Business/Managing Director Germany since 2005, Rüdiger is responsible for Fast Lane’s Business Development and major key accounts Germany.

Herman Goedman, Managing Director Benelux |

Herman has worked in the IT Industry in The Benelux since 1983. He worked as software developer, project manager and business manager at different System Integrators.
…Read more As of 1998 Herman has been involved in Networking training as General Manager of a Cisco Learning Partner and UNIX Consulting Company. Before starting Fast Lane Benelux he was board member for a large International Training Company, responsible for business and partner development, sales and marketing management in many areas including Cisco, Microsoft, and Linux/UNIX.

Francesco Dell’Apa, Managing Director Italy |

Francesco has worked in the IT Industry in Europe for 15 years. He started his professional career in Italy as Project Manager and then spent 10 years at a large international training company where he held different positions, he started as Sales Support Manager of Italy and then …Read more became Operations Manager of Italy & Spain. Francesco joined Fast Lane in 2009 through the acquisition of GKI, where he was Director of Operations. Before taking the position of Managing Director he held the position of Sales Operation Manager. Francesco has a degree in Electronic Engineer from University Politecnico di Torino.

Jesús Álvarez Gallego, Managing Director Spain & Portugal |

Jesús has 25 years of experience as Sales Account manager, Sales group manager, Managing Director and member of different Boards. Before he started the position as Managing Director for Fast Lane Spain, he held several Managing director positions in France, Italy, Portugal, …Read moreSwitzerland and Spain during 20 years in international companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Dow Jones Corporation or Global Knowledge Network.

Richard Nowak, Sales Director France |

Richard has 35 years of experience as an Account Manager, Sales Manager, Alliance Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, and Member of the Board. Before he started the position as Commercial Director for Fast Lane France, he held several …Read moresales management and business development positions in international companies such as Digital Equipment, Peregrine Systems, and Network Associates, and Xerox.

Torsten Poels, Managing Director Switzerland |

Torsten has worked in the IT Industry in Europe for 25 years. He started with Technical Training and Consulting Projects and founded his first company specializing in high-end networking services in 1990. Since then he has gained comprehensive Executive Board and …Read moreSales experience leading several Cisco Learning Solutions Partners and IT Training companies. He has a proven track record of growing companies quickly and profitably and developing successful strategic partnerships. Torsten joined Fast Lane in 2003 and is responsible for Fast Lane’s outstanding growth in Europe, Russia/CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Americas and Japan. Torsten has a degree in Computer Engineering from PTL Physikalische Technische Lehranstalt, Fachhochschule Wedel/Hamburg.

Helmuth Mai, Managing Director Austria |

Helmuth has worked in the IT Industry in Europe for 30 years. He started his professional career in Austria as Program Manager at Digital Equipment and then spent 15 years at a large international training company where …Read more he held different positions, Helmuth started as Country Manager Austria & CEE, then became Country Manager Switzerland, Operations Manager EMEA and Marketing Manager EMEA. Helmuth joined ITLS / Fast Lane in 2015. Helmuth has a degree in Business Management from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Gregor Röhrich, Managing Director Austria |

Gregor looks retrospectively at 15 years of experience as an Enterprise Account Manager, Sales Manager, Alliance Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, and now …Read moreas Managing Director of ITLS Training and Consulting GmbH Austria. He started his IT career as an instructor and achieved various technical certifications. Gregor has a wealth of experience in building strong relationships with large corporate and IT Partners. His intention is to design and execute high end training programs in ultimate perfection with his team members.

Michel Sabry, General Manager ITLS/Fast Lane Dubai UAE |

Michel has worked in the IT industry for more than 10 years. He started his career in the financial services sector in Egypt in 1998. He held different sales, business development and management positions at international IT training companies like Arrow ECS and …Read moreGlobal Knowledge. In between he was Channel Manager and Business Development Manager at Cisco. Michel has a B.Sc. of Accounting degree from Alexandria University in Egypt.

Adel Albert, Managing Director Fast Lane Egypt |

Adel has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years. He was working in both private and public sectors, in many specializations, holding different positions in the IT field. He was also a Technical Services Director at Global Knowledge for more than 5 years, a Senior Consultant in …Read moreSoftware Engineering Competence Center (SECC), and a Regional IT Manager in ARCHIRODON Construction Overseas. Adel is a certified ITIL Expert and has a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ain Shams University.

Oleg Feldman, Vice President Russia and CIS |

Oleg has 10 years of experience in the Cisco training business with several of the world’s leading CLSPs. He has worked as Sales Manager, Partner and Key Account Manager and Partner Development Manager. Also, he has managed 2-Tier partners (CLPs and Sponsored Organizations) …Read moreacross EMEA for over 4 years. Oleg knows the Russian and CIS market very well and worked also for years in the development of all CEE countries. He is fluent in Russian, German and English.

Tilen Rozman, Managing Director CEE |

Tilen brings over 10 years of experience in IT education field with extensive international experience in educational program development, business development, sales & marketing, customer relations, business operations and new technology initiatives.…Read moreHis professional path began with Compaq educational services where he was in charge of delivery and development of programs for European and African regions and continued with Program Management for Micro-soft and Hewlett Packard Educational Services through European Learning Partners. Tilen was in the past working for a Hewlett Pack-ard and Microsoft Training center as well as for Cisco Learning Solutions Partners. Tilen is now on a position of Managing Director at Fast Lane Slovenia, responsible for Central and Eastern Europe. His current position combines all his previous experiences and gives him an opportunity to develop new business, such as IBM (implementation of N-series courses), VMware (implementation of training into Central and Eastern European region), etc.

Durdica Strunjas Kurt, Sales Director CEE |

With 10 years' experience in sales in the IT learning industry, Durdica brings a wealth of knowledge, skills and energy to her role as Sales Director for Fast Lane Central Eastern Europe. She is responsible for driving business development …Read moreand sales activities in the region, establishing key accounts, management of projects and strategic planning. She has a keen awareness of the market and ability to anticipate customers' needs in diverse regional and technological setups, and works to provide learning and development opportunities to help each reach their business goals. In addition to this leadership role, Durdica is the Business Development Manager for NetApp ad VMware, working directly with both, partners and customers. Her aim in this role is strengtening the relationships with vendors as well as focusing on importance of education on keeping up with emerging technological advancements. Finally, Durdica is leading the marketing team for the CEE region, overlooking technical and creative marketing team, ensuring efficient and effective marketing results.

Chuck Terrien, SVP AMERICAS |

Chuck founded Fast Lane Americas in May of 2005. He has been in the Cisco Training Business for over 20 years. Mr. Terrien was responsible for the general management of a large multi-national …Read more Cisco delivery business as well as a WW Cisco training business development position. Prior to that, he held various technical and managerial positions in the IBM Networking Hardware and Software Divisions. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Michigan State University and a Masters of Science in System Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Dan O´Brian, COO US, Managing Director Canada |

Dan O’Brien joined Fast Lane in Oct of 2010 as the COO Americas, responsible for business operations in Canada and the USA. Dan has an extensive background in training operations and services, …Read moreprior to Fast Lane he held the Position of VP Managed Learning Services at MicroTek a provider of learning solutions. While in that role he was responsible for building a global service line of business and for launching many new service offerings that supported high quality training delivery. Dan also spent 10 years at a very large global technology training company from 1996 to 2006. He started in Canada running Canadian Operations then spent 3 years running US operations and then 2 year running European operations; he left the company as the Global VP of Operations and Planning. In the past 17 years in the private training industry Dan has been instrumental in defining plans and strategies to manage growth and to drive efficiency and profitability in all countries where he has had management responsibility.

Barry Kaufman, PLM Enterprise Networks & Security |

Barry has been working in IT and Security consulting and training for 17 years, as well as holding a Master's Degree in Education. Over his career, Barry has had the experience of growing and selling a successful training business, …Read moredirecting and expanding professional services for an IT Security Firm, and continually working to innovate courses on security and advanced networking technology. He has a passion for bringing the "new" to market; this includes accelerating vendors' Go-To-Market plans by envisioning and delivering on cutting edge technology training. He is also the author of several publications, including co-author of the "Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide".

Kori Needham, Director Business Development Cloud, SDN/NFV, Collaboration & DevOps Fast Lane |

Kori is an experienced Business Development and Technical Marketing leader who has held various engineering, marketing and business development roles during his 20 year IT career. He is a passionate,…Read morecreative, results-oriented, servant-leader skilled in empowering C-level executives to leverage industry-leading transformative technologies in order to achieve their expected business outcomes. Kori is experienced in uncovering creative ways to drive new business expansion for Service Providers, Enterprises, vendors and partners in a manner that is mutually beneficial for all parties. He has defined multi-phase global field marketing campaigns, emphasizing thought leadership and new solution launches for Internet of Things as well as Cloud-based software and services (SaaS). Kori oversees Cloud, SDN/NFV, Collaboration and DevOps related training and consultancy services within Fast Lane’s Enabling Digital Strategies portfolio.

Zaki Mohammad, BDM IoT, Fast Lane US |

Zaki is Fast Lane’s catalyst for enabling Digital Transformation in the Consulting, Learning and Training industry. His unique 15 year career evolution starting as an Accountant, CCIE certified Systems Engineer, Solution Architect, Instructor, Course Developer, and finally Data Scientist leading …Read moresuccessful consulting and project engagements. Zaki has experience with a number of industries such as Energy, Manufacturing, Service Provider Finance, Public Sector and Utilities which has made him the jack of all IoT trades with a deep business acumen and technical expertise. Coupled with his love of learning and decades of long teaching experience addressing business and technical audiences alike which has given him a unique insight in defining and enabling our customers’ IoT and Digital Transformation journeys. Zaki has also been an IoT Evangelist, speaker, and instructor at past international events.

Derrick Fishwick, BDM Sales, Fast Lane Canada |

Derrick has worked in the IT learning and development industry for over 20 years. He has held various management and sales roles within IBM, Global Knowledge, Compuware, New Horizons and IP Solutions prior to joining Fast Lane in 2011. During this tenure he was …Read moreresponsible for driving revenue through strategic partnerships and developing major accounts such as Cisco, Bell Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Google, BMO Financial, Microsoft and IBM. With his focus on collaborative and innovative solutions, Derrick has helped organizations become more aligned with their strategic goals. He received an Honors Bachelor of Science degree from University of Toronto and received the designation of Stanford Certified Project Manager from Stanford University in California.

Luis Campbell, VP Latin America

Luis has worked for Unisys Corporation most of his career in Executive Management positions, leading technical and consultant business groups and providing value add in complex technical Integration Projects in several Latin America countries. Also, he is an expert …Read morein business planning and organization, and a consultant expert in business process transformation in banks and business alignment. He also had direct sales roles coordinating sales groups of technological products across Latin America. Luis is a Computer Science engineer and has an MBA with a Marketing major and post-graduate degree in Tele-communications. He was appointed Information Services Director since 1999, Certified Principal since May 2000 and Certified Partner since 2003. In 2004 he was responsible for the consultant practice of Retail Banking for Latin America including Mexico and Brazil. He had the responsibility of over one hundred consultants and 23 managers, and had a total services quota over USD$7.5M.

Michelle Valenzuela, BDM Sales Argentina, Chile |

Michelle has worked in the area of management and education of Information Technologies for over 8 years. She developed her profession with Licencias OnLine, a market leaderin the sale of software licenses in Latin America. She worked as Product Manager…Read more of LOL Education and developing an education based portfolio with Cloud & Virtualization, and Security. Primarily support your virtualization strategy with VMware Authorized Training Center. Of her abilities, what most stands out are her skills of forming and leading high-outcome groups, as well as managing geographically distributed groups, both with creativity, a solid base of knowledge, and an innovative attitude. She is committed to her relationship with clients and business partners, development of solutions value-add with formation and IT certification. Since 2014 her responsibility is Commercial Director of Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay).

James Furneaux, VP APAC |

James has been working in IT for 15+ years. He began running sales in 1998 for a high tech start up in APJC that was purchased by a large Networking vendor in 2000. At that company over his 7 years he served as Product Manager, …Read moreSales and Business Development in various technologies for the whole of APJC with particular geographic focus on China, Japan, India and Australia. James started his own professional services company that worked with many of the leading IT vendors across the theatre. Since then he has served as the GM of APJC for a number of US and European based companies entering the APJC region. His last role before ITLS was GM, APJC for a high end Data Center Consultancy outfit.

Linda Belina, COO Singapore & Operation APAC |

Linda joined Fast Lane in 2010 as COO and Operations Director for ITLS South APAC out of Singapore. Previously she has been working in Singapore as Regional Manager for NIL Data Communications where she gained experience in the training industry.…Read moreLinda has a strong business experience in Asia, she has worked as Project Manager and Operations Chief in China as well as Business Consultant for the APAC region. Linda worked for four years in Shanghai and was responsible for pavilion operations. Linda is fluent in Mandarin.