Pat Morley currently has responsibility for SunGard Availability Services UK Service Delivery Operation.
Pat has over 30 years IT experience in both public and private businesses, in a variety of sectors including: publishing, local government, leisure & travel industry and finally in availability services. He has held roles in Operations, Service Management, Product Management and Product Development. His previous companies include East Sussex County Council, Reed Business Press, OAG Airline Guides and Comdisco.
In 1996 Pat joined Comdisco which was acquired by SunGard in 2001. During this time he has managed the Mainframe, Unix & Intel Teams, had overall responsibility for SunGard’s flagship London Technology Centre and in July 2005 led the co-ordination of SunGard’s recovery of those customers affected by the London bombings. In a similar vein, Pat also managed the largest peacetime disaster recovery response in Europe following the Buncefield oil depot explosion of December 2005. In recent years he headed up various internal operational divisions for both SunGard’s Recovery Services and Managed Services lines of business; set-up a Research & Development team and was also Head of Product & Engineering where he was responsible for the Profit & Loss of existing product sets, as well as the launch of new products and services.
In August 2011 Pat moved into his current role as UK Service Delivery Director where he has responsibility for the delivery of service for the UK operation. This encompasses 1.2 million sq ft of operations space which includes 4 fully-resilient Data Centres and nearly 20 Workplace Recovery sites. Key areas for Pat are the upkeep and maintenance of these facilities, Datacentre Operations, Server and Desktop Recovery including telephony and trading stations, Software and Hardware Maintenance, Circuit Management and the Management and Development of the UK IT Tool set to address both existing and anticipated customer requirements.
Pat lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Ginny and their 3 teenage children. He is a passionate skier and snowboarder who previously lived in Italy running a ski chalet and rental shop, he also enjoys cycling & walking.