Gerry Sillars — CEO
My entire career I have held leadership positions in organisations experiencing hyper growth driving a methodology that has sales excellence at its heart and in-turn delivers predictable outcomes through precise execution. Hyper growth has nothing to do with being in the right place at the right time, instead it has everything to do with creating an environment that drives a high performance culture where people can thrive if they are passionate and work very hard, it is in the creation of such environments that I have excelled as a leader. Areas of expertise: - Track record of leading teams to great success in both start-up and Global IT vendors. - Track record of identifying new areas or revenue opportunities, creating business plans and consensus support in the business and executing on those plans. - Proven ability to manage hyper-growth start-up opportunities from ‘first-man-in’ through to extremely successful public listing. - Thoroughness, urgency and strong business ethics are my guiding principles. - Demonstrable ability to lead from the front, while leveraging strong relationships with key partners across Asia Pacific, EMEA and The Americas - Subject matter expert in Cyber Security, Storage Software, Cloud technologies, As a Service offerings. - Creativity - Passion - Hard work
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Cyber Security and Cloud solutions within the SaaS industry.
Location: Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Experience: 34 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Business Strategy
- Coaching
- Market Planning
Career Highlights
- Proven track record in hyper-growth leadership.
- Expert in Cyber Security and Cloud technologies.
- Successful in driving international market strategies.
Work Experience
Semperis
Vice President Asia Pacific and Japan (1 yr 8 mos)
Fortanix
Vice President International (8 mos)
Vice President Asia Pacific and Japan (4 yrs 1 mo)
Revenue Collective
Founding Executive Member - Singapore Chapter (5 yrs 11 mos)
The Advisory
Strategic Advisor (8 yrs 1 mo)
Skybox Security
Vice President Asia Pacific and Japan (2 yrs 4 mos)
UpGuard
Vice President Of International Sales (11 mos)
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific and Japan (1 yr)
Sabbatical
Sabbatical (11 mos)
CommVault
Vice President - Worldwide, Cloud Solutions Group (1 yr 10 mos)
Vice President and Regional Managing Director APJ (6 yrs)
Managing Director/ Country Manager Australia and New Zealand (4 yrs 6 mos)
Country Manager Scotland and Ireland (1 yr)
SNIA ANZ
Director - part time position (1 yr)
Melchior
CEO (0 mo)
Lan People
VP of Sales (3 yrs)
Siemens Computer
Country Manager Scotland and Ireland (1 yr)
Digital Equipment Corporation
Country Manager PCBU(Scotland and Ireland) (4 yrs)
Tulip Computer
Country Manager Scotland (2 yrs)
Education
Building the Business: Strategies for Asia Pacific at INSEAD