Alex Timbs

I am an insightful and agile Leader with an outstanding track record envisioning, developing and leading the delivery of innovative, flexible technology systems in large and medium scale projects that create significant, sustainable capacity for business growth.

Possessing extensive experience in the Media and Entertainment space. I have been responsible for deploying and managing large compute clusters of up to 80,000 vCPUs in both Windows and Linux environments. I have also delivered multiple world-class high density containerised data centres, virtualised infrastructure and dealt with enormous growth and contraction during the production of multiple animated features, including the Oscar-winning Happy Feet. My technical expertise and experience are supported by my acknowledged exceptional ability to lead, inspire and manage divisions and teams. I am emotionally intelligent and excel at negotiation, stakeholder and vendor management. I also possess highly developed security and compliance skills with the ability to implement strong frameworks leading to tightened internal and perimeter security.

A likeable and approachable professional, agile, measured decision-maker who is able to remain focussed and succeed in times of pressure. Ability to balance short, medium and long term goals of the business.

I am extremely passionate about bridging the gap between Technology and Art, as neither exists without the other in the modern context. Understanding that true business value can only be uncovered by first establishing trust and answering the “Why”. In my current role, I am deeply focused on helping customers and industry look beyond standard strategies for managing large-scale data challenges.