Michael Armstrong

Telco, Media, Entertainment & Gaming at Google

London2.8k followers
Googleex-Microsoftex-Amazon Web Services (AWS)

25 years in the technology industry, from high-performance technical computing through to digital media and telecommunications. Strong sales leader with a good technical background and deep industry knowledge.

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GTM Index

  1. GOOGLEJOB
    1. GTM Lead, Telco, Media, En…
      6M
  2. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. BD Lead, Media and Enterta…
      4Y 4M
  3. LTN GLOBALJOB
    1. VP Sales, EMEA
      1Y 9M
  4. BITMOVINJOB
    1. VP Sales EMEA
      2Y 2M
  5. ERICSSONJOB
    1. Head of TV & Media Sales,…
      2Y
    2. Senior Dir, TV Platform Sa…
      2Y 2M
  6. MICROSOFTJOB
    1. Sales Dir EMEA, Media Plat…
      4Y 10M
    2. Channel Mgr EMEA
      3Y 2M
  7. SCCJOB
    1. Solutions Architect
      10M
  8. LIBERATE TECHNOLOGIESJOB
    1. Technical Architect
      2Y 11M
  9. SUSEJOB
    1. Professional Services Mgr
      1Y 1M
  10. LINUXCAREJOB
    1. Principal Consultant
      8M

Time in market 26Y 5MOpen 2Closed 11Stints 13

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  1. Job: Microsoft — Channel Manager EMEA · 2005-09 – 2008-11 — IPTV Channel Sales Manager for Microsoft TV (MSTV) EMEA. Quota-carrying role, covering sales channel management; business development for new opportunities; account management for existing customers.
  2. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Business Development Lead, Media and Entertainment, EMEA · 2021-10 – 2026-02
  3. Job: SCC — Solutions Architect · 2004-11 – 2005-09
  4. Job: Ericsson — Head of TV & Media Sales, EMEA North, Business Unit Support Solutions · 2015-11 – 2017-11 — Head of Sales for the TV & Media Domain in Ericsson's Support Solutions Business Unit. I manage a team of Sales Directors for all parts of Ericsson's TV & Media portfolio: TV Platforms (managed IPTV, OTT, Cloud SaaS, CMS); Media Processing (Hardware/Software Compression, headend equipment, content packaging, etc.); Media Delivery (CDN, LTE-B, Multi-Service Proxy, Cloud DVR [VSPP]). My region covers Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and CIS.
  5. Job: Liberate Technologies — Technical Architect · 2001-12 – 2004-11 — Technical architect for Digital TV solutions.
  6. Job: LTN Global — VP Sales, EMEA · 2020-01 – 2021-10
  7. Job: Google — GTM Lead, Telco, Media, Entertainment & Gaming · 2026-02 – present — Go To Market Lead for the Telco, Media, Entertainment and Gaming industries, for EMEA.
  8. Job: Linuxcare — Principal Consultant · 2000-03 – 2000-11
  9. Job: Ericsson — Senior Director, TV Platform Sales, EMEA · 2013-09 – 2015-11 — Head of TV platform sales for the European, Middle-East, and African markets. Manage a team of Sales Directors, driving sales of Ericsson's IPTV (Mediaroom), OTT (Mediaroom Reach), Multiscreen (MMP), Cloud TV (MediaFirst) and CMS products across the region.
  10. Job: Bitmovin — Vice President Sales EMEA · 2017-11 – 2020-01 — Bitmovin has taken the most complex problems in online video world and made them easy. We have a developer-friendly approach that enables our customer to implement the highest quality video solutions without all the hassles, with video encoding, client player and QoS analytics solutions. As VP of Sales, I lead the team responsible for all sales and business development in EMEA.
  11. Job: SUSE — Professional Services Manager · 2000-11 – 2001-12 — Responsible for all technical architecture, solutions design, and on-site delivery of Linux solutions for UK and Ireland.
  12. Job: Microsoft — Sales Director EMEA, Media Platforms Business · 2008-11 – 2013-09 — Sales Manager for Microsoft Mediaroom and Media Platforms for the EMEA region. Quota-carrying role, covering business development for qualification of new opportunities; sales management to drive and close new opportunities; and account management for existing customers.
  13. School: Edinburgh University — BEng (Hons), Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Skills

Sales ManagementProduct ManagementCloud ComputingTelecommunicationsDigital MediaIPTVProfessional ServicesPre-salesSolution ArchitectureEnterprise SoftwarePartner ManagementSales Organization LeadershipSalesBusiness DevelopmentAccount ManagementSaaSLinuxSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

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