Fast Lane Management

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.

Jane is the Vendor Alliances Director for Fast Lane EMEA and is responsible for the day-to-day engagement with our key Vendor Lines of Business. Jane has been with the company for 11 years. …Read more Three years ago, Microsoft partnered with Fast Lane UK to deliver OpenHack events globally. Since then Fast Lane has delivered over 100 OpenHacks across eight different tracks. Jane landed the hack idea with numerous vendors. Prior to Fast Lane, Jane worked for another UK training company for eight years managing all of their technical lines of business. She has worked for two Software Vendors in a sales capacity and spent 10 years at a global IT Distributor as a European Product & Marketing Manager living in London, Paris, Geneva, and Munich.

Diana has been working in the IT Industry since 1997. She has worked as Sales and Project Manager for different System Integrators and with many of the leading IT vendors. She brings a wealth of skills and knowledge of sales. program and project management to Fast Lane. …Read more In her role as Senior Business Development Manager she managed several vendor programs for Fast Lane globally. She has run Cisco Avant Garde Start program, Cisco´s DC Bootcamps and also Fast Lanes DC Talent programs as well as Cisco Cyber Security Talent Camps. She has now continued with Program Management for Microsoft worldwide.

Gloria worked in the IT training industry in Switzerland for over 10 years as a manager, including BDM for Microsoft, AWS, VMware, Citrix and Oracle, before joining Fast Lane in August 2019. …Read moreThere, Gloria started as Enterprise Solutions Sales Director, later as Chief Operating Officer. Since August 2021, Gloria has been responsible for Fast Lane's business in Switzerland as Managing Director.

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 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.

With more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry, Denis has participated in the expansion of Fast Lane France and occupied all strategic positions in the company, from operations to sales and Partner Management, before becoming Managing Director in 2018. …Read moreHe has extensive experience in developing relationships with IT vendors, building strong channel connections and execute complex IT training projects on a global level.

Gregor looks retrospectively at 20 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 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 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.

Joanna Skrycka-Łuksza has in-depth experience in the IT industry that spans over 35 years. She started her professional career at the IMM Research Institute in Warsaw, focusing mainly on the development of early PC operating systems. Joanna holds a MSc degree obtained …Read moreat the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science of the Warsaw University of Technology. She co-founded Hector SA, one of the first private IT companies in Poland, that introduced the first generation of PC computers to the Polish market, working closely with Digital Equipment, HP, and IBM. For over 30 years, Joanna has also managed Hector Training Centre Centrum Szkoleniowe Hector(CSH) — an IT training company, which was the largest CLP on the Polish market. CSH was a recognisable, professional company with a long historical standing and excellent quality. In 2017 she joined Fast Lane Poland as the Managing Director. On February 1st, 2021 both companies CSH and Fast Lane Poland has been merged and establish Hector Fast Lane Poland. Currently Joanna is the Managing Director of Hector Fast Lane Poland.

Mariola has been involved in sales and IT industry for her entire career. She entered the IT industry in 1997. She has over 15 years of experience in the IT training business, working in sales and business development for Hector Training Centre Centrum Szkoleniowe Hector(CSH), …Read morewhich was the largest Cisco Learning Partner in Poland. In 2017 she joined Fast Lane group, as a Sales Director for Fast Lane Poland. On February 1st, 2021 CSH and Fast Lane Poland has been merged and the new company name is Hector Fast Lane Poland. Mariola is leading the sales team in Poland. She knows the Polish market very well and has an experience in working with customers and partners as well. Her experience and current position gives her an opportunity to develop new business and implement new IT trainings in Poland.

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 founded Fast Lane Americas in May of 2005. He was in the Cisco Training Business for over 24 years and was responsible for the general management of a large multi-national Cisco delivery business as well as a WW Cisco Training Business Development position.…Read more 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

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.

Steve has been working in the IT Training industry in the US and Canada since 1992. He began this journey by bringing vendor authorized technical training services to Tech Data, beginning with Microsoft. His vision included the alignment of product sales to the training needed to support the deployment of on-premise back office products.…Read more Since then, he has gained product line, operational and sales experience to his roles. He has a proven track record of engaging Distribution, Learning and Channel partners to develop relevant Professional and Learning Services aligned to Cloud Vendor GTM strategies. Steve holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, a Master of Science degree from Hawaii Pacific University and MBA from Florida State University.

Halie is a dynamic, results-driven Operations professional with strong team management, strategic planning, communication, and process improvement skills focused on supporting cross-functional teams to increase productivity and customer satisfaction. Halie has been in Operations and Marketing leadership roles for the IT training industry since 2011.…Read more She has been recognized for her ability to effectively initiate and lead global training solutions by ensuring her team is aligned with project strategies and client expectations. Her team is focused on the planning, design, and implementation of global training solutions and she is responsible for leading negotiations, vendor management, budgeting, purchasing, and putting efficient interdepartmental processes in place to maximize productivity and performance. Halie is focused on fostering a culture of excellence, customer satisfaction, team development, and professionalism to expand Fast Lane’s global footprint of being a worldwide expert in technology training and consulting.

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 US$7.5M.

Francisco Abarca is a software engineer and administration professional, he speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. He joined Fast Lane in 2008 as Operations Director for Fast Lane LATAM,…Read more previously he worked for Unisys Corporation as Information Services Manager for Central America and the Caribbean region, where he gained experience in the consulting and training area. During his professional career, Francisco has developed a strong business and operations experience in all the LATAM and the Caribbean region.

James has been working in IT for 25+ 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 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.