Louise Ashbrook

Senior director for partners and channel UKI at CA Technologies
Career history: Regional sales director at EMC; district manager for Commercial at EMC; district sales manager for public sector at EMC.
Measure of influence: Responsible for 15 people which manage all of CA's channel.
Activities to advance women in tech: Member of CA's Inclusion and Diversity work group and ran EMC's Field Women's Leadership Forum EMEA.
Who is your career mentor?
I had one main mentor within EMC who helped me through in a male-dominated company and gave me the opportunity to succeed through hard work and determination so thank you, Terry Beale!
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