Shaune Parsons

Managing director, ComputerWorld Wales

Career so far This only my third job ever and I have been doing this since 1985. It was a case of being in the right place at the right time.

Do you care about green IT? Yes, passionately. However, current costs mean that clients struggle to afford it.

If you could be in a rock/pop band, which one would it be and who would you be? I could imagine some fun being in Girls Aloud!

What is the best corporate jolly you have ever been on/taken partners on? An IBM VIP trip to Las Vagas. What a conference! A night out with Rob Tomlin and crew is a challenge.

Has 2009 been as bad as everyone said it would be? 2009 has been a strange year but no, not as bad as first thought but I do not think we have seen the worst yet.

Have any of your predictions come true this year? No, but we still have 12 weeks left.

What do you see as the channel's biggest challenge in 2010? From our part the public sector, maintaining clients will be tough and gaining ones even harder.

What is the best part of your day? First and last parts of the day when there are no staff around, all is quite and one can look back and reflect on the fact that the boy from a Dorset Council estate has not done bad!