Byron Glover

At 6point6 we connect engineering, architecture, cyber, and data to design, build, and deliver large-scale, complex transformations across public and private sectors. At 6point6 I lead our Engineering practice group, comprising practices in Cloud, Software, Security, and Quality - as well as work with clients directly on projects across Financial Services, Defence and Security, and Central Government. I lead our strategic engagement with AWS and Microsoft from a partnership perspective.

Contino was an award-winning, people-first, engineering-led technical consultancy acquired by Cognizant Digital Business in October 2019. Since 2014, Contino grew to a global team that all have one thing in common: we’re here to challenge the status quo. I led technical engagements within Financial Services clients specializing in Microsoft technologies, working with organisations such as the UK's most compelling banking brand, the world's largest building society, and the largest mutual life, pensions and investment company in the UK. In 2022 Contino became a brand of Cognizant Consulting.

New Signature was a global, customer-service focused, technology consulting firm with a focus on Microsoft technologies which became the Cognizant Digital Systems & Technology Microsoft Business Group in August 2020. I formed and led the Platform team within the internal engineering division, helping optimise and scale the organisation's Managed and Professional Services through adoption of the latest technologies. New Signature was named both Microsoft US Partner of the Year and Microsoft UK Partner of the Year in 2014, Microsoft's US Partner of the Year in 2015, and again Microsoft UK Partner of the Year in 2019.

Cloudreach is a cloud computing consultancy, focused on the implementation and operational support of public cloud services, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. While at Cloudreach I focused on the Microsoft Azure platform, delivering several engagements for large public sector bodies and led the engineering team on Cloudreach's largest Azure project, a global data-center migration for a large market cap media conglomerate. Headquartered in London, UK, Cloudreach has offices in multiple countries around the world including Canada, France, Germany, India, The Netherlands, United States and Switzerland and was also a Blackstone Group portfolio company before being acquired by Atos at the beginning of 2022.

Norges Bank Real Estate Management was a real estate investment firm based in Norway. It operated as a subsidiary of Norges Bank Investment Management, which is the fund manager for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). The GPFG is saving for future generations in Norway. One day the oil will run out, but the return on the fund will continue to benefit the Norwegian population. Up to 7 percent of the fund may be invested in unlisted real estate. At the beginning of 2019, it was publicly announced that NBIM planned to re-integrate NBREM and that NBREM would cease operation as a different entity by 1st August 2019.

Node4 is a Cloud, Data Centre and communications specialist that is dedicated to serving its customers to ensure that they benefit from the most effective and flexible application of technology. Since 2004 Node4 has achieved great success and growth based on its focussed customer service, market leading customer retention and comprehensive service offering. In addition to office locations in London, Reading, and Nottingham, Node4 owns and manages Data Centres located in Derby, Leeds, and Northampton as well as having dedicated space in a Slough Data Centre. The Data Centres are connected using Node4’s national DWDM fibre network, which includes points of presence in Manchester and London as well as interconnects to major UK carriers, with the ability to offer private peering services with Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. Using this infrastructure Node4’s offerings include a full offering of IaaS and Managed Services across Cloud, Colocation, Connectivity, SIP and hosted Unified Communications.