Below are biographies of Westcon Group's senior executive team.
Dean Douglas, President and CEO - Dean joined Westcon Group in June 2008. Prior to Westcon, Dean was Chief Executive Officer of LCC International, the worldwide wireless service provider engineering services firm. Dean has also held global executive roles at both IBM and Motorola. During his career, he has been based in the US, Europe and Asia. Responsibilities have included sales, strategy, marketing, worldwide business development and corporate development in addition to general management roles. Dean is a graduate of the University Of Mississippi (B.B.A.) and resides in New York.
John P. O’Malley III, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer -John has held the senior finance role at Westcon since joining the Company in early 1999 as Vice President, Worldwide Finance. John is responsible for the Company's corporate finance and treasury activities, forecasting, financial reporting, compensation and benefits administration, facilities, business development and global inventory analytics. Prior to joining Westcon Group, John was Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Medical Resources, Inc. and NMR of America, Inc. John began his career in 1984 at Ernst & Young LLP, where he spent eight years engaged in consulting and auditing for both public and private companies.
Bob Clinton, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer - With more than 25-years' experience in defining, driving and implementing strategic marketing initiatives for global technology companies, Bob Clinton serves as Westcon Group's Chief Marketing Officer. At Westcon, Bob drove the company's re-branding efforts, and institutionalized a customer-centric mindset via the annual Voice-of-the-Customer surveys and benchmarks. Prior to Westcon Group, Bob spent nearly a decade at CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates), most recently serving as the company's SVP of Global Marketing Operations and Planning. Bob also brings to Westcon nearly 20 years of management experience from Motorola. While there, Bob co-founded Motorola.com and was responsible for driving the company's ecommerce marketing initiatives. Bob received his BS from the University of Notre Dame, and also holds an MBA from Boston College.
Nancy Saltzman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary - Nancy joined Westcon Group in December 2004. She has served as its Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since April 2005 and was named Senior Vice President in April 2011. Prior to joining Westcon Group, Nancy spent three years at Chartwell Re, an NYSE-listed global reinsurance firm where she served as Associate General Counsel and Vice President, Investor. Nancy spent almost five years at Dewey Ballantine LLP as a corporate transactional lawyer responsible for mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. Nancy holds a BA from Amherst College, and a JD from Hofstra University School of Law.
Chris Leeming, Senior Vice President, Global Business - Chris is responsible for the Company's global distribution model and came to Westcon Group from Blake Equipment, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, Chris was Vice President of Finance for Westcon Group North America, a position he held for six years. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Datatec South Africa. Chris holds a B.Com from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa and a CTA from University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also a Chartered Accountant (S.A.). 
William Hurley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer -Bill joined Westcon Group as CIO in April 2008, and is responsible for all IT and technology matters in the organization. Prior to joining Westcon, Bill was a Managing Director with Marsh & McLennan for 5 years, where he acted as Global CIO/CIO Americas responsible for global sales, marketing, and finance systems -- as well as brokerage systems for the Americas. In addition, Bill oversaw development of the Company's global internet, intranet and extranet presence. Bill received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from SUNY Albany and holds a Masters in Finance from Fordham University. Full Bio [PDF]
William Corbin, Executive Vice President, Global Vendor Relationships - Bill is Executive Vice President of Global Vendor Relationships with the responsibility for managing relationships with strategic vendors worldwide. Bill was previously responsible for development of the Company's global Cisco business, which he continues to evolve and strengthen. Prior to his role at Westcon, he served as Founder and Managing Partner of RedCard Solutions, a channels consulting business, and acted as Founder and CEO of Network Catalyst, a network integration company. Additionally Bill performed as CEO and Chairman of nVision Software, a software development firm with specialty expertise in the .NET and JAVA arena. During his tenure, Bill led the company to a successful acquisition. He holds a BA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton.
Jon Pritchard, President, Comstor Worldwide - Jon is President of Comstor Worldwide with responsibility for global operations of Westcon's Cisco dedicated business practice. Jon also retains responsibility for Comstor Europe and was formerly Executive Vice President of Comstor Worldwide. Jon is a seasoned executive, having spent the last 21 years in the IT industry. He joined Comstor UK as a sales director in 2003 where he established a track-record of driving solid growth on both a Pan-European and global basis. Jon holds a science degree from Liverpool.
Simon Minett, Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Logistics, Westcon Group -Prior to his current position, Simon was Chief Operating Officer, Westcon Group Europe, a position he held since October, 2004. Simon joined Comstor UK as its Operations Director in 1998 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2001. He was then appointed to Vice President of Operations for Westcon Group European Operations in 2004. Simon holds an honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Greenwich University, London.
John McCartney, Chairman of the Board - John was previously a non-executive director of Datatec from 11 May 1998 to 30 September 2002 and has been a non-executive chairman of Westcon Group, Inc. since 1 October 2002 to date. John is chairman of the Board of A.M Castle Corp (NYSE), a specialty steel distributor based near Chicago, IL. John was formerly president and chief operating officer for US Robotics, as well as president of 3Com Corporation’s Client Access Unit. He joined the executive management team of US Robotics in 1984. John is also a director of Federal Signal Corporation and Huron Consulting Group, Inc.
