|
Ian White, Senior Vice President - Global Customer Services is a pivotal leader in Sun's unified Global Sales and Services organization. White leads a team of over 6000 professionals worldwide who deliver key strategic and operational services for Sun customers, and significant revenues and profit for Sun Microsystems.
White's seventeen year career at Sun is highlighted by significant executive leadership positions in sales and services, most recently as Vice President Sun-Services Americas. White has served as Vice President - International Americas, Vice President - EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Director U.K. Installed Base Sales & Sales Support, and Director U.K. Customer Service Operations & Customer Education.
Prior to joining Sun in 1989, Mr. White held a number of management positions in customer services and engineering, including a seven year stint with Computervision where he managed sizable technical workforces in both the U.S. and U.K. He began his career with Rolls Royce followed by six years as a Research & Development engineer with a telecommunications company in the U.K. With more than 30 years in the IT industry, White is passionate about leveraging technology to create compelling service solutions as well as customers' experience with Sun Microsystems.
A native of Berwick Scotland, White is a graduate of the University of Nottingham and Derby Technical College where he received degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. White and his wife Ellen have three grown sons and reside in Menlo Park, CA.
| 