{"id":2932,"date":"2023-11-20T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:58:56","slug":"vertivs-ian-paul-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-moderator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/vertivs-ian-paul-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-moderator\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertiv\u2019s Ian Paul is a Touchdown Middle East Moderator"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2870\" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ian-Paul-510x510-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\" \/>We are delighted to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ian-paul-396897\/\"><strong>Ian Paul<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> <strong>Colocation &amp; Hyperscale Strategic Segments Director at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vertiv.com\/en-emea\/\"><strong>Vertiv<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2023 as a Moderator! Ian will moderate the fireside chat\u00a0<em><strong>Masterclass: Entering the Qatar market\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>which will take place on<strong>\u00a0Day 2, 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0November at 14:30<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar has overseen a number of major deployments and continues to see more Government support to see foreign investors come to the market. This masterclass Fireside Chat will feature James Corby, CFO at Meeza, and Christopher O\u2019Brien, Senior Associate at Charles Russell Speechlys and will at the opportunities and challenges of entering the Qatari market and what lessons can be learned from past projects.<\/p>\n<p>With over 20 years year of experience within the data centre industry, Ian has worked in many different technology verticals, ranging from remote digital infrastructure management through to complete prefabricated data centres. Ian currently leads the market segment at Vertiv for HyperScale and Colocation Strategic Accounts across the METCA (Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia) running a team of dedicated Account Managers for specific customers.<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1955295737\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(244, 187, 24);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ian Paul, Colocation &amp; Hyperscale Strategic Segments Director, Vertiv<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Fireside Chat \u2013\u00a0<strong><em>Masterclass: Entering the Qatar market<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 14:30 | Day 2 | 22nd November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2023 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1955295737 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-199140909\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-199140909 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ian-paul-396897\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that Ian Paul, Colocation &amp; Hyperscale Strategic Segments Director at Vertiv, will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2023 as a Moderator! 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