Simon Harrison

Simon “Ted” Harrison is Executive Vice President of Enterprise Sales for OpenText. Ted previously served as Senior Vice President in the Enterprise business unit and as Senior Vice President of Fast Growth Markets, growing the business in high potential regions including LATAM, Eastern Europe, Japan, Africa, China, Middle East and India.

Coming to OpenText through its IXOS acquisition, Ted has held a number of senior sales leadership roles throughout his 15 years with the company. Ted served as the Head of Global Services for Northern Europe before becoming Senior Vice President of Sales for the EMEA region.

Ted has successfully worked throughout his 25-year career to match business imperatives with innovative technology solutions. Beginning his career as a technical consultant, Ted then bridged the gap between technical and business to serve as a Senior Business Consultant on projects such as the European roll-out for General Motors. He has also worked in the mobile solutions field for Psion Teklogix, specializing in Supply Chain Optimization.

Ted holds an honors degree in Computer Science from Leeds University in the UK.