Livingstone the leading independent Software Asset Management (SAM) managed service provider is delighted to announce they have appointed Derek Morrison as head of Sales Europe. Derek said:

“This is a great time to be joining Livingstone. SAM is a growth sector and is currently enjoying double digit growth year on year. Many organizations are realizing the scale of benefits, both commercially and from a risk mitigation perspective that can be achieved when SAM is managed effectively. As a result businesses everywhere are actively looking for an experienced partner to support them to exploit the many opportunities SAM presents. Livingstone ticks all the boxes, not only do they really understand this subject, they have a great reputation in the market, and are already working with some of the world’s leading brands as customers. I am very excited by this prospect and am looking forward to being an integral part of the Livingstone new business development team.”

Derek brings over 20 years of sales management experience to the business, together with an impressive track record of leading successful business development teams within some of the world’s leading software vendors including, Oracle, SAP and IBM. Most recently he headed up Oracle’s move to ‘Software as a Service’ within their Hyperion Performance management brand across the UK as sales director. Prior to this he helped SAP to drive the delivery of their ‘Performance Management’ solutions within financial markets.

Before this Derek was with IBM where he managed Central East and West Africa for the IBM Software Group based out of Nairobi. He also ran the Cognos business analytics sales function across the ‘Commercial Sector’ in the UK prior to their acquisition by IBM. Based in Dubai, he managed growth opportunity and client demand within the IBM ‘Performance Management Portfolio’ across Middle East and Africa.

Daniel Simpson, CEO at Livingstone said:

“We are delighted to welcome Derek to the team. This is an exciting time for Livingstone, as the demand for our unique managed services offering is increasing dramatically, not only in the UK and Europe, but across the globe. Derek’s in-depth knowledge of the major vendors together with his international sales management experience in building and driving sales development will help us to better support the numerous business opportunities that are coming our way.”