CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The cheeky chap will be instantly recognisable to many HP partners. It's the PC and print vendor's UK channel supremo Neil Sawyer.
You can read Neil's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What two things (apart from family) would you grab if your house was on fire?
Funnily enough, I had to think about this for real a few months back! My children's cuddly toys always buy some favour in a tricky situation.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
Who was it?
The smiling youngster pictured holding a set of car keys is today in the driving seat for one of the world's largest tech vendors. It's Dell's Sarah Shields.
You can read Sarah's full A-List answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What annoys you most about your commute?
People. Whether in cars, trains, airports or whatever, people who are in my way annoy me. If you're at an airport, be prepared and know it's the same security check every time! If you're on the M25, stop cutting into the safe gap I leave in front of me! And if you're on a train, your personal hygiene is important…
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
Who was it?
Many of you will have seen through the altered attire to correctly identify the teenage figure as print boss Mark Ash, who is currently chief sales and marketing officer at Altodigital.
You can find Mark's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What was your dream career as a child?
Either to be a rock star or play for Man Utd. Sadly, I'm tone deaf and have two left feet - not that that would be a problem this season!
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The cool customer, pictured chilling on Southport beach, is today a top executive for the UK's largest VAR and services firm, Computacenter. It's Clare Parry-Jones.
You can read Clare's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What two things (apart from family) would you grab if your house was on fire?
Gin and lip gloss.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The beaming infant today runs one of Manchester's top tech firms. It's ANS CEO Paul Shannon.
You can read Paul's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What was your dream career as a child?
A music journalist. There is nothing I love more in the world than music (apart from friends and family, obviously). Mainly tech house, 90s hip-hop, outlaw country and soul music. I'm getting excited just typing about it.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
Double points for anyone who correctly identified the young whippersnapper, pictured on his first day at boarding school aged nine. It's Todd McQuilkin, CEO of MSP Air-IT.
You can find Todd's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
If you could witness one past event, what would it be?
The battle of Waterloo. Napoleon made some huge tactical errors which were unusual - I'd like to know why.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The smartly turned-out young man is none other than TechQuarters CEO Chris Dunning.
You can find Chris' full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What has been your personal highlight of 2019?
I have two - competing in my first Iron Man event and I won Cloud Visionary of the Year at the UK Cloud Awards!
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The smiling infant is none other than Cliff Fox, group COO at Leeds-based VAR Pure Technology Group.
You can find Cliff's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
Which famous person deserves a (gentle) slap?
Just line up the whole of the House of Commons for a mass slapping session. Sell tickets; it'd be hugely popular.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The nautically dressed toddler today steers the UK channel business of tech giant Dell. It's Rob Tomlin.
You can read Rob's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What has been your personal highlight of 2019?
Passing my probation at Dell Technologies.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The young boy pictured enjoying a snowy scene hasn't really changed that much since the days of black and white era. It's CRN Channel Awards judge, Sellerly's Paul Lloyd.
You can read Paul's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What is the biggest challenge facing the channel in 2020?
Amazon and staying relevant. Wherever you are in the supply chain, you need to add value, that being value measured in the eyes of the client. If you are not adding value, then you are a cost and you become dispensable.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The cherub-faced young lad is a well-known figure in the industry today. It's XMA commercial director Andy Wright.
You can read Andy's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What annoys you most about your commute?
I drive down from the Midlands to St Albans at 5am on Monday morning for the week, so the 5am bit is the killer.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The young girl seemingly polishing off a full pint of ale is none other than Terra's Alicia Shepherd.
You can read Alicia's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What has been your personal highlight of 2019?
Running my first half marathon in 10 years and coming in with a PB of 1hr 52m.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
Thank you to Daisy Corporate Services CEO (and dance enthusiast) Stefni Oliver for travelling all the way to her Mum's house to dig out the gem on the previous page.
You can read Stefni's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
If you could witness one past event, what would it be?
Queen performing at Live Aid. I've watched it a million times and would have loved to have been there in person.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
Don't let that long hair fool you - the smiling child is today a well-known face in the managed print sector: It's Apogee COO Mark Smyth.
You can read Mark's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What was your dream career as a child?
Stockbroker. I loved the excitement you saw in movies and thought, that's a fun way to earn lots of money!
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
This young man is Gary Haycock West, the founder and CEO of cybersecurity VAR Blue Cube.
You can read Gary's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What was your dream career as a child?
To work in the police force, but life had other plans for me. I went in a different direction and was running my own businesses by the age of 31 before setting up Blue Cube Security in 2000.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The young executive and friend to Patsy Stone has gone on to forge a career in IT channel recruitment. It's Robertson Sumner's Marc Sumner.
You can read Mark's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
Which famous person deserves a (gentle) slap?
Anthony Joshua for his loss in NYC against Andy Ruiz Jnr, but I wouldn't actually do it.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The ashy-haired girl on the right in this touching Christmas scene is none other than CRN A-lister Joey Hemingbrough. Today Joey is sales and marketing director at Leeds-based VAR SICL.
You can read Joey's full A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What annoys you most about your commute?
Nothing. My commute is my alone thinking time, which is so important to me. It's where I come up with some of my best ideas.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The bow-tie sporting, blonde-haired child is none other than Rob Bardwell, who is today group executive chairman of Welsh MSP Pinacl.
You can find Rob's A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
What was your dream career as a child?
A motorcycle roadracer - I competed in the Manx Grand Prix for 10 years, but that's as far as I got.
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
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CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Who was it?
The smiling, Black Country lad on the previous page has gone on to carve out a career in IT distribution. Currently the boss of Ci Distribution, it's Jon Atherton.
You can find Jon's A-list answers here.
Best A-list answer:
If you could witness one past event, what would it be?
It would have to be the birth of the most talked about individual over the past 2,000 years, Jesus Christ. Did he actually turn water into wine? Now that I have to see…