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Ian is the Head of SAS Australia/New Zealand Academic Outreach Strategic Priority. As the program<br />

lead, Ian is responsible for ensuring the program connects corporate Australia / New Zealand and<br />

Academia to power analytical capability and innovation. Ian has been tasked to lead the program and<br />

create a culture of increased customer & academia awareness of the SAS Academic Outreach<br />

Strategic Priority, its goals and objectives and the benefits to both customers, academia and the wider<br />

country.<br />

Prior to this recent appointment, Ian was the Head of Pre-Sales (Northern Region) responsible for the<br />

management of a team responsible for providing trusted technical leadership to a wide variety of<br />

customers and prospects, the provision of pre-sales leadership as part of identified sales initiatives<br />

and the creation and maintenance of pre-sales best practices to drive high value business outcomes.<br />

Before taking on this pre-sales leadership role, Ian was the Principal Technical Account Manager for a<br />

major regional bank, responsible for the leadership of the Strategic Executive Account Leadership<br />

Technical Program and served as the primary technical contact between SAS and the client, working<br />

with all SAS functions to coordinate all technical efforts and act as the strategic advisor to the clients<br />

SAS users and Business and IT management.<br />

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