Giovanni Di Filippo is the new President of Lenovo’s Data Centre Group, EMEA. His appointment coincides with Lenovo’s ambition to drive the business in the EMEA region and build on relationships with data centre partners and customers. His previous role was VP of EMEA for Channels, Sales & Strategic Alliances with Riverbed Technology. He also held several Global Vice President-level positions within SAP’s global channel & sales divisions.
He is an advocate of smarter sales models based on the entire partner eco-system. He is also passionate about developing people: “For me, technology has the potential to do so much for the digital society if we think more about the people at the centre of it all, and encourage greater collaboration- how technology should work smarter for everyone, how it can truly enable us to make everyday life easier, even how it can help solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.”
