
At HP World, we bring together over 800 decision-makers from every major vertical industry - encompassing South Africa as well as neighbouring southern African regions.
The comprehensive day of discussions, demonstrations and workshops will look at how to apply the four interrelated technology trends of cloud, mobility, security and big data to generate greater business value from IT.
At this event we bring together some of South Africa and HP's top technology thought-leaders - including the following:
Paul Muller is HP's Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Software Products. Muller and his team stay on top of emerging market trends, developing unique approaches to align HP's marketing activities with those of the sales channel. His expertise involves providing customers with focused and consistent messages that articulate the meaning of 'The New Style of IT.
Chris Johnson serves as Vice President & General Manager of the HP Storage business in EMEA, where he is responsible for driving the growth and aggressive go-to-market strategies for HP's full portfolio of storage products and solutions.
Lucio Furlani leads Enterprise Group Marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this role, he drives the execution of the complete marketing mix across all B2B segments, from large enterprise to SMB, supporting both the direct and channel go-to-market motions.

Nick Watson is Vice President of Sales for HP Networking in the Middle East & Africa Region. Watson's ambit includes overseeing sales, supply chain, marketing, product portfolio planning, channel and partner resources, service and support, and finance. From this role, he has developed broad insights into the various challenges and opportunities facing technology providers and clients in the EMEA region.
Stafford Masie - our guest speaker at HP World - has been involved in technology for 18 years, developing a reputation over time as one of the country's leading tech entrepreneurs. His more recent positions in the corporate environments were heading up Novell's, and then Google's local offices. Today, Masie is CEO and Founder of Thumbzup - a mobile payments firm that allows small business owners to accept credit and debit card payments from their smartphones.
For a full view of our speakers, click here (http://www.hpworldsouthafrica.co.za/speakers.html)
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