Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?

CELEBRATING its 15th year, the Managed Services Summit – London continues its tradition of being the premier managed services event for the UK IT channel. As delegates have come to expect the event this year will again feature presentations by leading independent industry speakers, a range of sessions exploring technical, sales and business issues by leading specialists in the sector, and extensive networking time to meet with potential business partners.

The Managed Services Summit is series of executive-level events, so you know you’ll be among the best in the sector, and those featured will explore the latest trends and developments, evolving customer requirements and how to create value through managed services – both for your own organisation and your customers

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Industry Insights

Presentations will cover the latest trends, evolving customer requirements, and strategies for creating value through managed services.

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Breakouts

Attend a range of sessions led by leading specialists in the field, focusing on technical, sales, and business-related topics.

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Networking

Connect with professionals in the IT channel, including senior decision makers and industry leaders.

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Interactions

Engage in discussions, debates, and collaborations with event sponsors and peers across the industry.

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MSS Manchester

19th November 2024, Manchester

MSS Benelux

1st July 2025, Amsterdam

MSS Nordics

21st October 2025, Stockholm

Meet our 2024 Keynote Speakers

Professor Lisa Wilson

Professor Lisa Wilson is internationally renowned for a track record that engages and converges the best people, businesses, and stakeholders [both public and private] to design, develop and deploy 'end-to-end' digital technology led ecosystems that are commercially astute, resilient, impact driven, secure, trusted and as innovative solutions crucial for global economic development. Her passion to drive digital trust, de-risked innovation, market acceleration and entrepreneurship that combines the need for education to advance deployment of secure ecosystems of emergent technologies of blockchain, AI, IoT and others, is only rivalled by her determination to ensure parity is attained for women in the economy, start up, security and the technology sectors.


Derek Redmond

“Derek Redmond bravely making it through with little help, moments of euphoria after years of hard work. Moments when the human spirit triumphs over injury that should have been impossible to overcome.”

President Barack Obama

One of Britain’s most famous athletes, Derek Redmond is a World and European relay champion. Having broken the British 400m record on two occasions, Derek was one of the country’s best athletes during the 1980s and 1990s. A key member of the relay squad that won gold at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, he competed at the highest level for over a decade.

He first rose to prominence in 1985 when he broke the 400m British record achieving a time of 44.82 seconds 12 months later he was selected in the 4x400m relay team for the European Championships in Stuttgart.

Great Britain won gold in what was a sure sign of things to come. A year later they won a silver medal at the World Championships in Rome. By the time the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo arrived Derek had established himself as one of Britain’s best athletes. Alongside Kriss Akabusi, John Regis and Roger Black he then stunned the sporting world as Britain triumphed over the favourites USA to win gold. Their run remains the second fastest 4x400m run in history.

Having now proved himself as a relay athlete, Derek went about trying to do the same as an individual runner. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, representing his country he became part of one of the most inspirational scenes in Olympic history.

In the 400m semi-final Derek went into the race amongst the favourites but as he passed the 250m mark he tore his hamstring. Determined to finish the race he hobbled to the finish line with the help of his father as a 65,000-strong crowd cheered him on. This incident has since been voted one of the Olympics’ most inspirational moments by US network NBC and even referenced by Barack Obama in a presidential speech.

This injury signalled an end to his athletics career, but, committed to not letting his injury keep him down, he has since played basketball for England and played rugby 7s.

Derek’s story is truly inspiring and he now works as a motivational speaker sharing his remarkable story with audiences up and down the country. He has worked with a wide range of high profile brands delivering his inspiring stories from the track in corporate environments.


Meet our 2024 Industry Experts

Ian Luckett

MSP Growth Hub

Ian Luckett

MSP Growth Hub

Ian Luckett is a multi-talented IT & MSP business growth expert with over 20 years' experience as a mentor, coach and business strategist. Over the years of working at various blue-chip companies holding a variety of senior positions, no one fits the profile better than Ian to help you build a profitable IT & MSP business by increasing your sales, productivity and profits.

Paul Green

MSP Marketing Edge

Paul Green

MSP Marketing Edge

Paul Green is the world’s go to MSP marketing expert, based in the UK, and working with 700+ MSPs all over the world.

He helps MSPs improve their marketing and generate more leads with his MSP Marketing Edge programme.

Paul's a former journalist and radio presenter, and has been working with MSPs since 2016.

He's the host of the world’s most popular podcast on MSP marketing – search for “Paul Green’s MSP Marketing podcast” in your favorite podcast platform.

Michelle Coombs

The Tech Leader Network

Michelle Coombs

The Tech Leader Network

With over 20 years in technical and leadership roles, Michelle is focused on advancing the MSP community. As Director of The Tech Leader Network, she aims to elevate 350,000 MSPs and IT leaders by 2032. Her real-world experience spans leading diverse teams and managing high-volume operations.

Meet our 2024 Event Speakers Included

Yasmin Simmons

Atera

Yasmin Simmons is a seasoned product manager at Atera, leading the development of the company’s AI-powered Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solution. With a background in IT, cybersecurity, and customer success, Yasmin combines technical expertise with strategic vision to drive innovation in product management. She holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and is dedicated to leveraging AI to transform IT management. 

Hiten Jotangia

Vanta

Hiten is a strong believer in people first. Having worked in the IT industry for 15 years, Hiten has supported many types of technology users and businesses. As a Channel Manager at Vanta he is responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships with managed service providers (MSPs) across the EMEA region, enabling them to deliver value-added services to their customers and grow their revenue. Building long-term relationships and supporting partners growth is something that he is passionate about no matter how big or small.

Adam Pilton

CyberSmart

Adam Pilton

CyberSmart

With a background of 15 years in law enforcement, Adam's final role was as a Detective Sergeant leading the Covert operations and Cyber Crime teams. Adam has worked in cyber security since 2016 across various roles and has a broad understanding of cyber security, from the impact of cybercrime upon individuals and businesses to the need to convey the right messages to senior leaders and end users, ensuring engagement and support.

As a subject matter expert in multiple areas for a large organisation, Adam has investigated and supervised hundreds of cases, identifying and prosecuting offenders. He has introduced digital tactics into overt and covert investigations, developing digital capabilities. Adam also held responsibility for training, utilising his communication skills to simplify the complex.

Adam has worked with multi-national businesses developing their people and processes to improve their cyber security maturity.


David Tweedale

Mimecast

David Tweedale

Mimecast

David Tweedale has worked in the Cyber Security channel for more than a decade – initially on the partner side but for the last 9 years at Mimecast. His experience for most of his time at Mimecast has been helping Managed Service Providers to build profitable cyber security and Modern Workplace practices by layering Mimecast’s Human platform into their offerings. He now leads the Managed Services Channel for Mimecast in the UKI as well as supporting the expansion of their channel offering to MSPs across the rest of EMEA.


Michael E Crean

SonicWall

Michael E Crean

SonicWall

Michael Crean is a U.S. Army Combat Veteran and the founder of Solutions Granted, Inc., and currently is the Executive Vice President of Managed Services at SonicWall. Crean is a results-oriented leader boasting a wealth of experience in networking, infrastructure architecture, design, technical support and cyber resilience – and has entrenched himself in Information Security, implementation, and the managed security services industry. Crean’s relentless commitment to MSPs/MSSPs/VARs has led him to provide and build real solutions that met corporate goals and compliance standards – which led immediate growth for thousands of customers through managed security offerings worldwide. Crean is widely recognized as a creative problem solver with a focus on management, risk mitigation, governance and operations strategies that increase revenue growth in highly competitive markets by leveraging people, process, and technology resources to address the cyber needs to win the war. Michael currently resides in Virginia, where he survived raising four teenage daughters and one son.

Kyle Torres

Sophos

Kyle Torres

Sophos

: Kyle has worked for Sophos for over 6 years and is at the forefront of the MSP and CSP offering in the UKI and Nordics. During this time, he has worked across the sales organisation and now focuses on adding value to the partners on the EMEA MSP programme. He regularly speaks at conferences and Think Tanks to advocate for Sophos and its MSP offering. 

Ben Rogers

CloudBilling

Ben Rogers

CloudBilling

Ben Rogers, a Sales Manager at CloudBilling, draws on his experience supporting the legal Go-to-Market in the UK at OneStream Software. Currently he’s leading CloudBilling's expansion into the UK & Ireland market. Ben is driven by his belief that successful MSPs require advanced capabilities and deeper insights from their billing systems to thrive.

Mike Walton

ITRS Opsview

Mike Walton

ITRS Opsview

I have over 35 years experience in software and consulting sales, management and company leadership. I have built multiple start-up and high growth businesses as a founder, co-founder and C.E.O. I focus on raising funding, company development, executive leadership, strategic sales management and all aspects of company operations. I also provide strategic guidance to other high growth technology companies in a non-executive capacity, investor and advisor. The first half of my career was with large IT and software companies in the UK and the US.

Meet our 2024 Event Sponsors