The Channel Mechanics Team

Karl Flannery has over 30 years’ experience in the ICT industry, starting his career in the area of integrated voice and data terminals with Nortel.  In 1995, Karl co-founded Storm Technology and has taken the company from a startup operation to a well-respected, profitable company, which focuses on digital technology solutions for the enterprise based on Microsoft’s flagship platforms. Karl has a B.Sc. in Applied Physics from NUIG, Diploma in Intellectual Property in Information Technology from the Law Society of Ireland and a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management from the Irish Management Institute.

Konstantin Sidorov is the founder and President of the RRC Company, one of the leading international value added distributors across Central and Eastern Europe specializing in IT enterprise solutions for value added resellers. Since it’s foundation he has been responsible for general management of the group leading the development of business strategy, corporate culture and expansion plans. Konstantin has received a number of professional awards including Top Profit Award (1998 - 2006). He is a graduate of St. Petersburg Military Engineering Institute, New York University and the London School of Economics.

As SVP, International and Strategic Alliance Partners for RingCentral, Jeremy Butt works to scale the business and enter new markets. Previously he spent 4 years as President International at Mitel running their International business (EMEA and APAC). Jeremy has seen and been involved in tremendous changes in the market, for customers, vendors and the different routes-to-market across the whole of International.  He has over 25 years of go-to-market expertise, leading successful multinational teams with technology companies. Jeremy also served in the channel as EVP at Westcon-Comstor Group, where he was responsible for the value-added distributor's EMEA business. He has also held global channel and sales leadership roles with Avaya, Motorola, Cisco and Symbol Technologies.  

Mike Williams is Chief Product Officer responsible for Product Management, Client Delivery & Customer Service at Qorbitol, a London based Fintech offering global white-label banking as a service solutions.  Mike has executive leadership experience in product, software engineering, client delivery and CIO positions in telecommunications, hi-tech, IT and financial services companies including Siemens, Motorola, DXC and Experian, and is a co-founder of Channel Mechanics.