Jim Chadbourne

Jim Chadbourne has extensive work experience in the field of pre-sales consultancy and storage solutions. Jim is currently working as a Pre-Sales Architect at CSI Ltd, where they have been employed since 2022. Prior to this, from 2017 to 2022, they worked as a Pre-Sales Consultant at Predatar, specializing in storage hardware and software defined storage. Jim also provided pre-sales consultancy based on the IBM portfolio of hardware as a Solutions Consultant at Logicalis from 2011 to 2017. Before that, they served as the Head of Storage Business at Mibtree Ltd in 2010 and as a Principal Consultant at Centiq Ltd from 2008 to 2010. Jim has also held managerial positions, such as Storage Delivery Group Manager at Portal from 2007 to 2008 and Storage Practice Group Manager at Elyzium Ltd from 1999 to 2007. Earlier in their career, they worked as a consultant at Acuma Solutions from 1995 to 1999, Power Systems Limited from 1995 to 1999, and ServiceTec from 1994 to 1995.

Jim Chadbourne obtained an OND in Computing from NE Derbyshire College of FE, which they attended from 1983 to 1985. Later, they pursued further education and obtained an HND in computing from The University of Huddersfield, completing their studies between 1985 and 1989. Jim also attained several certifications in various technical disciplines, such as Druva's MSP Sales Certification from Druva in January 2023, IBM Systems Business Partner Storage for Hybrid Cloud - Technical Advocate V2 from IBM in January 2023, Dell System Engineer - Midrange Storage 2022 from Dell Technologies in December 2022, and many more.