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Management Team

Jody Pawson

Jody is our group sales director, with responsibility for all of the sales departments. He has in-depth knowledge and experience of the IT industry across numerous business areas, and holds several IT accreditations. Jody has been with Orange Information System Group for six years, and has worked in sales for 14 years.

It is the excitement of working for a young and successful business that gives him most pleasure in the Orange Information System Group: its rapid growth, its profitability, and of course its clients. He believes in the 'customer first' ethos of the company, always seeking to provide the best possible solution for each customer. And on the back of that, his vision is for the continued UK and international growth of the Group – to make it a major global leader in the IT solutions business.

Jody is a big fan of Formula 1 motor racing, and avidly supports the England football team.

Sanjiv Rai

Sanjiv is our group technical director. As head of technical services he is responsible for support, maintenance, outsourced and managed services for new business. He works closely with the sales account directors to ensure that new customers are offered the best possible technical solutions. Sanjiv has a background in 3rd line technical Wintel infrastructure support and technical management. He joined OrangeIS as a 3rd line systems analyst in 2008, and became group technical director in 2010.

Sanjiv believes that he and his team function well in the relaxed and flexible work environment promoted by Orange Information Systems Group, and he enjoys the team spirit it engenders. His desire is to impart as much of his skill and expertise as possible into the group's technical services, to maintain its technical excellence and grow its technical reputation.

Sanjiv enjoys travel and gadgets, and has a extensive taste in music. He is a social person, a good listener with a relaxed approach to life.

James Allan

James is the sales director for OrangeIS. He is responsible for generating new business and supporting the sales teams both directly and through his team managers. James came to OrangeIS soon after it was formed, bringing considerable expertise in storage technologies and in depth knowledge of verticals from Finance to the Public Sector. He became OrangeIS sales director in 2011.

He enjoys the excitement of a young company staffed with strong and ambitious people in all areas. He is proud to be part of an organisation that has experienced rapid growth but maintains the Group’s key values and ethos of Service is Everything. His primary role is to build relationships with new customers and maintain the best possible relationship with existing customers.

James supports Tottenham Hotspur football team, plays golf and enjoys travelling.

Steve Whitfield

Steve is the sales director for OrangeIS Enterprise Solutions, responsible for growing the enterprise solutions business. He joined Orange Information System Group in 2009 with 25 years' experience in enterprise sales, marketing and product development; and with particular expertise in IT services organisations.

He believes in the group values, 'can do' and 'service is everything'; and uses both to enthuse his sales team. His key objective is to further develop the enterprise business with both existing and new customers.

Steve supports Tottenham Hotspur football team. He is also a huge tennis fan and captain of his local tennis team.

Mike Atkins

Mike Atkins is the sales director of Security Solutions, responsible for building our new information security division. He has worked in IT for more than 30 years, with experience from running his own business to working for Global Fortune 500 companies. He brings a combination of technical expertise tempered by real life understanding, resulting in a commonsense approach to security. He joined OrangeIS in the summer of 2011.

Mike highlights the team culture and absence of internal politics as what appeals most in working with OrangeIS. He has one primary motto: "be true to yourself and never be arrogant".

Dominic Stow

Dominic Stow is sales director for our Financial Services, with responsibility for the financial sales team. With 17 years experience in the finance industry, he considers his role to be supporting his team, supporting their customers, and ensuring that the procurement/financial process is a smooth one. Dominic has worked with Orange IS since it started, providing financial advice to the company. From the beginning of 2011 he helped the company establish its Financial Services, officially becoming sales director in November 2011.

He enjoys the buzz around the OrangeIS office and the mutual respect at all levels. This, he believes, is what leads to the close team spirit and the shared ethos that the customer comes first. His team, like himself, believes that customers large or small always deserve and will receive 100% effort.

Dominic enjoys travel and whenever possible visits Vancouver, his favourite city and family home. While there he indulges his pastime of choice, watching the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team.