Bramley, Neil

A-List 2006

Job title Head of business channels.

Company Toshiba Information Systems UK.

Year of birth 1967.

Place of birth Nottingham.

Career outline I joined the IT industry at 19 years old as a telesales executive selling IBM PCs to resellers. I joined Toshiba Computer Systems Division as a dealer account manager and have enjoyed various roles at Toshiba.

What motivates you every morning to get up and work in the channel? Variety.

What has been the most over-hyped technology in the past five years? Speed cameras.

What will be the most underrated technology in the next five years? The web, the information that it carries and all of the associated ‘connecting’ technologies to it.

Which technology would you most like to have invented? Perpetual motion, but then again nobody has beaten me to it yet.

Do you have any regrets from your time in the industry? No.

What is the biggest hurdle you have faced in your career? People that don’t want or accept change.

What is the biggest success of your career? Making a difference.

What piece of technology could you not live without? Electricity.

What would be your advice to anyone starting a career in IT? Enjoy it, or do something else.

What would you like for Christmas if you could have anything? More time.

What is your favorite karaoke song? Forget it, I can’t sing.

What would be the title of your autobiography? A Glass Half Full.

Do you have any phobias? Yes.

How many beers before you fall over? 0.

Number of staff you manage? About 30.

What is your golf handicap? 24.

What car do you drive? Audi.

Number of air miles you have? No idea.