Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?

CELEBRATING its 14th 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 Nordics

1st October 2024, Stockholm

MSS Manchester

19th November 2024, Manchester

MSS Benelux

1st July 2025, Amsterdam

Meet our 2024 Keynote Speakers

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.


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.


Meet our 2024 Industry Experts

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.

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.

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

Alex Bermudez

Pax8

Alex Bermudez has spent over a decade in enterprise technology across healthcare, analytics, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) and now channel-focused solutions. Bermudez has built, scaled and led teams across the Americas, Europe and emerging markets, helping organizations to build sustainable revenue success. At Pax8, Bermudez leads the UK & Ireland revenue organization, a 40+ person revenue organization, committed to helping the channel successfully grow revenue, reduce risk and increase operating efficiencies.

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. 

Raymond Parkinson

ConnectWise

Raymond Parkinson

ConnectWise

Ray is a seasoned professional with 9 years of experience working closely with Managed Service Providers (MSPs). He is passionate about collaborating with European MSPs, leveraging their expertise to drive success and foster strong partnerships within the industry. Ray's knowledge and insights have made them a sought-after speaker at the prestigious MSP events. Outside of work, Ray embraces personal challenges and recently accomplished a significant milestone by completing his first marathon in Rome. Additionally, Ray has shown incredible commitment to learning by maintaining an impressive 465+ day streak on Duolingo, actively studying the Dutch language. With their extensive experience, passion for MSPs, and dedication to personal growth, Ray continues to make a positive impact in the industry.


Chris Marks

Parallels

Chris Marks

Parallels

Chris is a Principal Outbound Product Manager at Parallels. As an experienced public speaker with a passion for the power of community engagement, he spends time with customers and channel partners, learning about how their businesses are coping with fundamental shifts in working practices alongside rapid changes in the way services are being consumed. He’s focused on how organizations can remain competitive in today’s environment and how we can work together to deliver simplified, more agile services that allow them to do so.

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.

Frederic Braut

Lenovo

With over 25 years of experience in IT and cloud services, Frederic specialises in MSSP and GSI markets, multi-cloud models, and service aggregation platforms. His background encompasses a blend of technical and sales executive positions, covering infrastructure, security, AI, and cloud services such as Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud.

Frederic has played a key role in supporting business transformations, guiding organisations as they transition to service-based models like MSSP and Saas. His focus remains on leveraging technology to drive growth and innovation.

Matt Scotney-Jones

BlackFog

Matt is a seasoned channel professional with over 15 years experience in building and managing the channel for cybersecurity companies such as Kaspersky, Ipswitch and Netwrix. As part of BlackFog’s leadership team, Matt leverages his knowledge of the channel and strong interpersonal skills to develop and implement the company’s EMEA partner program.

Meet our 2024 Event Sponsors