Darragh Richardson

Country manager, Telindus Ireland

Career so far I was marcoms manager at Logicalis from 1999 - 2003, UK+I marketing manager at 3Com from 2003 - 2005 and have been country manager here since 2005.

Do you care about green IT? I'm not sure it is top of people's lists much outside the datacentre as other priorities have come to the front (like survival…!).

If you could be in a rock/pop band, which one would it be and who would you be? I'm showing my age here -Michael Hutchence of INXS.

What is the best corporate jolly you have ever been on/taken partners on? A Gartner analyst briefing in Monte Carlo; gambling chips and helicopter included.

Has 2009 been as bad as everyone said it would be? Yes. Anyone who is claiming to be unaffected is smoking some serious herb, or buying business at a loss. BT Global Services have proved the folly of that model.

Have any of your predictions come true this year? Yes, Leinster lifted the Heineken Cup, and Ireland won the Grand Slam!

What do you see as the channel's biggest challenge in 2010? Getting back to full service offerings after the cutbacks and pruning, keeping enough value in-house rather than outsourcing/partnering to avoid headcount issues.