Board of Directors

A true entrepreneur, Rory founded Zycko in late 1999 and has built the company from 3 people at the start to over 275 people worldwide with 12 offices on 4 continents. Rory was previously the joint founder of RBR networks, sold to Datatec in 1997, and renamed as Comstor.

Nick served as Group Finance Director from July 2001-June 2007, and was appointed Managing Director of Zycko in April 2006. Prior to joining Zycko, Nick held the position of Finance Director at Comstor (1997-2001) and at UB Networks (1994-1997).

David has served as Sales Director since September 2001. Prior to that, David held the position of Sales Manager at Comstor Ltd (1994 - 1999) and was instrumental in the period of rapid growth that saw sales ramp up from $50m to over $500m per annum. In 2009 David joined sales and marketing and became Group Sales & Marketing Director.

Ken was appointed Group Finance & Operations Director in June 2007. Prior to joining Zycko, Ken held the position of Finance Director at Kitbag Ltd, a leading online retailer (2005-2007) and various head financial positions at Orange plc (2000-2005), including Head of Commercial & Financial Support.

Paul joined Zycko in September 2000 as Development Manager. He was appointed as Group IT Director in August 2003. Prior to joining Zycko, Paul was a software developer / consultant at Postgraduate level.

Piera established Zycko Italy in September 2007. Piera has worked for Algol, a primary Italian distributor, and from 1996 to 2007, Piera held various positions with Azlan Italy, laterly as Enterprise Division Director developing and supporting the Networking business into a volume distributor

With over 20 years of leadership experience in management, sales and networking technology, Nils has a deep expertise in driving high growth for distribution companies and integrators alike. Nils is a co-founder of Zycko in Germany. Prio to Zycko, Nils co-founded a Cisco Silver Partner which was subsequently acquired by Datatec. He also worked as the Managing Director for RBR and Comstor in Germany. Apart from his management and sales experience he holds several industries certifications such as CCIE and JNCIP.

Vivian was appointed Managing Director of Zycko AS in June 2002 to establish the business in the Nordic and Scandinavian regions. Zycko AS has offices in both Norway and Sweden. Formerly, Vivian founded Input AS in 1997 and Input Memory AB in 1998 before selling both companies to iGroup ASA in 1998.

Gail founded Glue Networks, a distributor of networking products, in February 2002. Zycko acquired Glue Networks in November 2003 and Gail was appointed Managing Director. Prior to that she was Business Unit Manager at Westcon.

Andy was appointed President of Zycko USA in April 2003, with the responsibility of establishing and growing the North and South American markets for Zycko. Prior to joining Zycko, Andy held various executive positions within the industry, including the position of President (Americas) for MessageLabs (2001-2002).

Victor was appointed Managing Director of ZAO Zycko in September 2009 to develop business in Russia and the CIS regions. Victor holds over 15 years IT business knowledge, most recently at Servitec Info where he was General Director.

Patrick established Zycko France in September 2006. From 1993 to 2006, Patrick held various positions with Azlan France : Account Manager, Product Manager, Product Director and then Sales Director.

Mabel established Zycko Benelux in September 2007. Mabel has 20 years experience across the IT channel. She has held senior international positions including MD of Landis France, Vice President Alliances for Landis Group, Business Unit Manager at Ingram Micro, European Sales Director for Telecity (International Datacenter Provider), and Channel Manager Northern Europe for Madge Networks.