Meet our
Leadership team
“The significance of a strong, strategic, and focused leadership team cannot be overstated. We are a team driven by a shared vision and a common purpose – to deliver exceptional results for our customers and to cultivate a culture that celebrates talent, encourages innovation and nurtures a diverse, inclusive and empowering workplace.”
Scott Dodds, CEO
Scott Dodds - Chief Executive Officer
“My philosophy is to always live up to the highest levels of personal integrity and transparency, and to gain the trust of team members and customers alike. These are values that are embedded in Ultima’s DNA, making it a special place to work. The relentless focus on our customers’ success is only possible through great team work and genuinely enjoying what we do. It has to be fun to do your best work and keep the best people.”
Scott Dodds has been in the European IT industry for 33 years and has held senior positions in EMEA and the UK with VMware, Microsoft, Acer and Compaq, before joining Ultima Business Solutions in October 2015. He has had full P&L responsibility for multi-billion dollar sales and marketing teams as well as running business operations and planning functions. His breadth of experience spans all customer segments from the largest global enterprises to mid-market and SMBs.
Jamie Beaumont - Chief Financial Officer
“I am excited to get started. Everything I have seen whilst getting to know the business has demonstrated the potential of what can be achieved and am looking forward to being part of such an ambitious and talented team working in a open, collaborative and supportive culture. I have worked in a number of companies and sectors as CFO/COO over the last 14 or so years, and look forward to putting that experience to good use at Ultima.”
Jamie brings a wealth of experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategy and corporate development. He has advised and worked with clients and businesses across a range of industries, including residential property, furniture, AI and speech recognition.
A graduate of Oxford University, Jamie started his career at PwC, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and spent four years as an adviser in mergers and acquisitions. He then joined David Phillips Furniture, the leading provider of furniture and related services to the residential property sector, where he led the business to double turnover and treble profitability through organic and acquisitive growth and MBO with Fleming Family and Partners .
Matt Hudson - Chief Technology Officer
Matt Hudson started his IT consultancy career back in 2002 after gaining a grounding in IT through IT support roles and has been delivering enterprise class IT services designs and deployments ever since across Datacentre, Cloud, Workspace, Networking and Security stacks. With a highly technical grounding combined with a number of years of strategic and consulting management roles realised through his experience in running global IT projects and initiatives, Matt is able to provide a breath of technical knowledge to his peers and customers, ultimately building broad respect within the IT industry as a trusted advisor and strategic thinker. The last 10 years of his career, Matt has worked at Ultima Business Solutions, starting as a Senior Technical Consultant and most recently taking the position of Technical Presales Director, which has given him a true hands-on understanding of the high-quality services and solutions that Ultima delivers to their customers.
Ashley Robertshaw - Sales Director
I am passionate about delivering the best solutions and services to our customers. With over 18 years tenure at Ultima, I am known for my customer centricity, a hands-on approach to delivering outcome based technology projects, a strategic approach to new business opportunities and an ability to lead high performing teams.
A confident negotiator, I make sure Ultima’s customers get the best value from our partner ecosystem of global vendors and service providers. Thanks to my technical background, I’m comfortable with both commercial and technical conversations, and with coordinating business and technical stakeholders in delivering high-value client solutions.
Ewa Johnson - Marketing Director
“I believe passionately that business is personal. If you love what you do, you will deliver results that make a difference.”
Ewa Johnson has a reputation built over 30 years for innovating global and regional B2B and B2C marketing strategies. A champion of people potential and advocate of young talent, she has held senior Marketing leadership roles across multiple sectors including technology, IT, mobile communications, health and beauty, charity and financial services. She is known for driving high marketing value. Her creativity is matched by her passion for making the complex look simple, bringing brand propositions to life to engage both hearts and minds and outcomes that drive exceptional commercial and partnership opportunities.
Geoff Hardwick - Services Director
“I am passionate about delivering top quality solutions and services that demonstrate real value to our customers whilst also providing deep satisfaction to our talented teams that design, deploy and manage them. We strive for all of our services employees to earn the role of a trusted advisor and it is great to see so many individual relationships develop between our customers and our teams so that we become a partner rather than a supplier. I love new tech and always make sure I put some time aside during the week to understand what is new and upcoming.”
Geoff has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years as a Consultant, Technical Trainer, Solutions Architect and Practice Lead. He has successfully designed and delivered both small and multi-year projects to customers of all sizes and segments. He joined Ultima in 2011 in the consulting department holding various technical positions until becoming Services Director at the beginning of 2020 and is now responsible for the professional and managed services side of the business.
Dave Rogers - Group Transformation Director
“From day one, I have been determined to ensure that Ultima has a Services Team which listens to our clients and fully understands their needs before delivering consistent, high quality solutions which bring meaningful business benefit. This is achieved through technical expertise, tier 1 vendor accreditations and extensive real-world deployment experience. I fervently believe the depth, quality and engagement experience of our team is second to none.”
After gaining a solid technical background in systems, networking, software development and business intelligence, Dave joined Ultima in 2000 to establish a new project management office. Following roles included PMO Lead and Head of Presales, Services Director in 2009, Pre-Sales Director in 2017 and Customer Success Director in 2019. Major achievements include the creation of an extensive in-house services team, a comprehensive portfolio of innovative IT solutions and services, mature engagement and delivery processes, and the development of a complementary partner network.
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