Charles Southwood, is Regional VP and General Manager at Denodo Technologies and responsible for the company’s business revenues in Northern Europe and Africa. With a degree in engineering from Imperial College London, he has some 35 years of IT industry experience in middleware and data-related solution. He has been awarded DataIQ Top 100 Most Influential People in Data for 2022 and is passionate about working in rapidly moving and innovative markets to support customer success and align IT solutions to meet the changing business needs. Charles has a wife and 2 daughters and lives near London.