Sammy Nkire

Sammy Nkire is an experienced availability and service continuity professional currently serving as the Availability & Service Continuity Manager at Thames Water since May 2018. Responsibilities include applying detailed application service models to disaster recovery planning and managing the execution of infrastructure disaster recovery testing events. Prior to this role, Sammy worked as an Availability Manager at National Grid, focusing on systems availability optimization and strategic planning for Secure Managed Services. Sammy's extensive career at IBM from 1999 to 2015 included various positions such as Service Manager for the L&G account, multiple roles in problem and incident management, application management support, and database administration. Sammy holds a National Diploma in Banking and Finance from Anambra State University in Nigeria.