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Wednesday 7 March 1:10 PM - 1:40 PM Countdown to London 2012 – Preparation is everything Ian Foddering, Chief Technology Officer and Technical Director, Cisco Tim Brabants, MBE & Medical Doctor, British sprint kayaker More +Less - |
About Tim Brabants & Ian Foddering
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| Tim Brabants MBE is a British sprint kayaker, and the current Olympic Champion in the K1-1000m event, which was Britain's first ever canoeing Olympic gold medal. In addition to this, Tim also won a Bronze in the K1-500m at Beijing. Having now competed at three summer Olympics, Tim has a further Bronze medal from the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and has won Gold medals at both a European and World Championship level. Not only a world class athlete; Tim is also a qualified doctor, and following the Beijing Games took 18 months out of the sport to work as a doctor on a Nottingham accident and emergency ward. He is now back in full time training, and in his first World Championships since returning to competition, Tim won a Silver medal, putting him well on course to add to his Olympic medal haul at London 2012 | |
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| Ian Foddering is the Chief Technology Officer and Technical Director for Cisco in the UK and Ireland. Together with his technical teams, his key objective is to work with Cisco’s Customers and Partners to articulate how Cisco’s architectures and solutions can be applied to drive business transformation. Ian has a passion for technology, and the positive impact it has on society and the value it provides to corporations, fervently believing we are still only at the beginning of what is possible with respect to the power of ICT. After joining Cisco in 1999, Ian has held various roles including systems engineer, systems engineering management, sales management, channel management, and leading advance technology teams. Prior to joining Cisco in September 1999, Ian spent 4 years at Cogent, the professional services arm of Nortel, working on a number of predominately large Public Sector solutions. During this time, Ian accumulated a vast amount of knowledge and experience which he continues to maximise and employ in his current role. Ian studied Communications Systems Engineering at the University of Portsmouth. He lives, with his family, in Hertfordshire and enjoys participating and watching sport, cars and travelling. |
