Welcome to the Big Interview hub
Those who work in tech can sometimes be perceived as being all about the figures.
CRN's Big Interview takes a personal angle with execs, finding out how life put them on their current path.
This series shines a light on high-profile individuals in the channel, finding out what makes them tick, their career progression and where they seek inspiration.

Pamela Maynard opens up to CRN on how she overcame her 'inherent' shyness and why 2020 has proven diversity and inclusion must be high on a company's agenda

Big Interview: Insight's de Sousa on her new European role, how she found herself in tech and why leading in a crisis is second nature to her
Insight’s UK MD reveals to CRN what obstacles she anticipates in her new European role and her penchant for entering new jobs at times of crisis

The Big Interview: Dell's Cook on being the only woman in the room and a STEM pioneer
The Dell Technologies exec opens up on her early career as an engineer, being lured from a tech role to sales and why there is still much to do to attract young women to tech

The Big Interview: NTT boss Goodall on the reason behind its revamp, changing market positions and the worst job he ever had
Jason Goodall opens up on the company's Herculean task of integrating 31 companies into one, why Brexit isn't a concern for him and knowing when to quit

The Big Interview: Dell EMC's Sarah Shields on being a straight-talker, her first job as a van cleaner and Scandinavian humour
Sarah Shields reveals which channel veterans inspire her and how she hopes to do the same for younger women entering the industry

The Big Interview: Meet the counterterrorism expert turned cybersecurity entrepreneur
Oz Alashe MBE opens up to CRN on how a taste for adventure led to a 17-year career in the military, how it prepared him for the channel and upending the status quo

The Big Interview: NTT Data UK boss on indulging his wanderlust and why going downhill is a good thing
Simon Williams opens up to CRN about what new spaces the services firm is investing in and the key to good leadership

The Big Interview: Cloudian boss on the toughest decision he ever had to make, staying humble and finding success in failure
Michael Tso opens up to CRN on how the financial crisis led him to his current role and the hard lessons he's learned

The Big Interview: SentinelOne boss on brutal honesty, M&A advances and why rivals don't offer warranties
Tomer Weingarten opens up to CRN about giving up his basketball dreams

SHI's UK boss on gunning for the public sector, relying less on hardware sales and committing to drunken promises
Darren Brodrick says VAR is gunning for a top 10 spot in CRN's Top VARs research

Softcat CEO on 5G, cracking £2bn revenues, US operational plans and why the channel is winning
Graeme Watt tells CRN he sees 'no end in sight' for current digital transformation investment cycle as he declares that the market is as 'good as he's ever seen it'

Why Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo dreams of being a ski bum
Charles Giancarlo talks CRN through his winding career from founding companies, moving into private equity and joining Pure

Avanade CEO on managing through the dotcom bubble burst, the 2007 financial crisis and Brexit
Adam Warby talks CRN through his nearly two decades with the Microsoft part-owned firm

'I'd love to get us to a billion dollars' - Barracuda CEO
BJ Jenkins on leading a company in the fast-paced cybersecurity world, cultivating a family-like work culture, and what partners can expect from this year's upcoming conference

This cybersecurity founder's path from liquor store, to hacking group, to Cisco
Duo Security's former CEO Dug Song opens up on a colourful journey that eventually saw him sell his business to Cisco for over $2bn

'I'm always up for a challenge' - GBM Digital boss on how she rose through the ranks
Michelle Atkinson tells CRN how she went from teenage office junior to heading the firm and how the gender divide has changed over her 30 years in the channel

Proact's CEO on hitting revenue targets, giving storage 'extra love' and growing through acquisitions
Jonas Hasselberg outlines plans for Sweden-based firm after taking the reins last year

'It was a crazy idea' - Mimecast CEO on building a tech company in the wake of the dotcom crash
Peter Bauer on the company's humble beginnings, how he deals with the 'not so good' days as CEO, and why he doesn't regret going public in the US rather than the UK

Rubrik CEO Sinha on why Abraham Lincoln is his role model
Bipul Sinha explains how he felt he was 'sitting on the sidelines' while working as a VC investor

'I really did hate the name' Malwarebytes CEO on founding the firm in his bedroom
Marcin Kleczynski explains how he started the firm aged 14 after infecting his family computer with a virus