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The Road to Success

The road to business success can take many different routes. Come along to hear from accomplished technology business leaders about their journey to achieve their goals, the challenges they've faced and advice they would give to help you succeed.

To share their stories, we are delighted to have speakers Kevin Cowan, Managing Director of x10 Solutions, Peter Proud, CEO and Founder of Cortex Worldwide and David Farquhar, CEO of Intelligent Growth Solutions.


- Kevin Cowan, Managing Director, x10 Solutions

Kevin is one of the founders and senior consultants at x10 Solutions, a SME-focused technology consultancy firm based in Glasgow. Kevin has a background in finance, using his accountancy and software experience to create several technology related businesses throughout his career. Prior to x10, Kevin was involved in the build and successful exit of a SaaS product, which was completed only 18 months after launch.


- Peter Proud, CEO & Founder, Cortex

Peter Proud is the Founder and CEO of Cortex Worldwide, a former WPP agency that has a strategic partnership with Microsoft. The two companies have jointly developed a new cloud-based marketing solution built on Azure, enabling you to quickly build, localise, secure and centrally manage your entire digital real estate. Prior to this, Peter held the role of Managing Director of Strategic Accounts and Partnerships for Accenture Interactive Digital Practice, providing integrated marketing, technology and analytics solutions for the digital world. Before joining Accenture, Peter worked at Microsoft for 14 years managing accounts for some of the world's leading household names and was integral in the establishment of Microsoft's ‘One Microsoft’ initiative. A passionate advocate for the digital technologies industry, Peter sits on both the ScotlandIS Board and Edinburgh Napier University’s Graduate Level Apprenticeship Advisory Board.


- David Farquhar, CEO, Intelligent Growth Solutions

David joined Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) as CEO in November 2017. IGS is a Scottish-based agritech business, and David’s strategic appointment was made to drive its global expansion, grow the senior and wider team and raise the Series A funding round.

Farquhar is a seasoned transformation and business growth technology entrepreneur, with a track record of delivering shareholder value. Most recently, David was CEO of UK-based SaaS vendor Workplace, and lead the team through a hugely successful turnaround, transformation, growth and exit in a merger with US-based Workforce Software. In the past 25 years he has completed 28 transactions as a founder/CEO, angel investor and business mentor, including risk capital investments (PE, VC and angel), acquisitions and trade sales in Europe, North America and Asia.


Book your place now.

Members: Free

Non-members: £35 + VAT

https://www.scotlandis.com/events/2019/june/the-road-to-success/

https://www.scotlandis.com/events/2019/june/the-road-to-success/

Wed 5th Jun 2019 2:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 5th Jun 2019 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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TechUG Glasgow Event photo - the tech community event for IT Ops, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, DevOps and CyberSecurity Professionals TechUG Glasgow, Lanarkshire’s community event for IT Ops, Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals. TechUG is completely independent and guided by a group of local committee members who help create a great community experience.
Experience an open forum for IT Ops, IT Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals from the Glasgow IT community to come together & share ideas
Come along to network, consolidating your skills and knowledge base within the group
Develop an understanding of use cases and the architecture behind new solutions.
Hear content which has been selected for its educational value by fellow end users and customers.
Benefit from our independence which enables our events to provide impartial guidance based on the groups wisdom
De-risk your new technology investments and upgrades by utilising the community.
Events are free to attend, with complementary internet access, refreshments throughout the day and buffet lunch.
“Geek out at the bar” at the end of the day and enjoy a few post event drinks with new and old friends.
We’ve started to add some great speakers for the upcoming TechUG Glasgow Community event, check them out below and get yourself registered.

TechUG Glasgow

TechUG Glasgow, the local community event for IT, Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps & CyberSecurity Professionals.

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We hope to see you at the next event which is free to attend.
Refreshments, Lunch and Networking Drinks all included

https://techug.org.uk/events/techug-glasgow-28th-february-2019/

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Thu 28th Feb 2019 8:45am (Europe/London)

Thu 28th Feb 2019 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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TechUG is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event and community experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. TechUG participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the community and banned from all future community events.

Cyber security has become one of the biggest business risks to all companies, large and small, with the constant threat of disruption caused by cyber crime, both targeted and random. Whilst technology companies have systems and policies in place they are often seen as a juicy target for malicious attacks, and keeping on top of this is a constant challenge.


Scotland has one of the most well connected and vibrant cyber security expert communities in the world. So we’re delighted to have specialists from two of these businesses share their insights into how to keep on top of the challenges.


David Stubley, CEO of 7 Elements and Graham Watson, Founder & CEO of Advanced Engagement will explore cyber attacks targeting Scottish businesses and provide you with mitigating strategies and tangible techniques to permanently reduce the risk to your organisation.

Protecting the Enterprise: Business Email Compromise

Cyber security has become one of the biggest business risks to all companies, large and small, with the constant threat of disruption caused by cyber crime, both targeted and random. Whilst technology companies have systems and policies in place they are often seen as a juicy target for malicious attacks, and keeping on top of this is a constant challenge.


Scotland has one of the most well connected and vibrant cyber security expert communities in the world. So we’re delighted to have specialists from two of these businesses share their insights into how to keep on top of the challenges.


David Stubley, CEO of 7 Elements and Graham Watson, Founder & CEO of Advanced Engagement will explore cyber attacks targeting Scottish businesses and provide you with mitigating strategies and tangible techniques to permanently reduce the risk to your organisation.


ScotlandIS Members: Free


Non Members: £20 + VAT

https://www.scotlandis.com/events/2018/november/protecting-the-enterprise-business-email-compromise/

https://www.scotlandis.com/events/2018/november/protecting-the-enterprise-business-email-compromise/

Wed 7th Nov 2018 4:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 7th Nov 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

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