EXCELREDSTONE
JOHN SMETHURST
TITLE : SALES DIRECTOR INDUSTRY : IT AND SERVICES LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
John Smethurst has worked in the IT industry for over 25-years , having started his career in 1996 at infrastructure specialist Cableship , which would ultimately become Redstone Converged Solutions . After nearly 15 years with the company , John progressed his career with senior sales roles at a number of leading Systems Integrators before joining Excel IT as Sales Manager in 2013 and assuming the role of Sales Director in 2014 . Following significant sales growth at Excel IT the company acquired Redstone Converged Solutions in 2018 to form ExcelRedstone where John heads the sales team focusing on data centre solutions .
Smethurst . “ The growth of these data centres is linked to the ever-increasing number of IP devices that are creating data - from your smart speaker to your smart meter , to your smart device , to the video calls we ’ re now on every day .”
“ The large , hyper-scale data centre world hasn ' t stopped during the pandemic ,” adds Burger . “ In fact , it has had to press on at a greater rate than before – increased data consumption and changing consumer habits are driving the demand for IT infrastructure .
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