Dr Colin Williams, Computacenter

About this episode

Dr. Colin Williams discusses resilience, identity, and leadership in the IT channel, reflecting on his personal journey and the evolution of technology.

In this episode of You, Me and I.T., Karlton Gray sits down with Dr. Colin Williams, Business CTO for Security at Computacenter, for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about resilience, identity, leadership, and what it means to build a legacy in the IT channel. Colin reflects on growing up in North London, the challenges of standing out as both gifted and different at school, and the personal loss and hardship that shaped his outlook from a young age. He shares how those early experiences influenced the person and leader he became, from walking away from home as a teenager to finding his path in the earliest days of the IT industry. The conversation also explores Colin’s remarkable journey through the evolution of technology, from mainframes and punch cards to the rise of PCs, networking, cybersecurity, and AI. Alongside that career story is a bigger message about fairness, opportunity, mentorship, and why opening doors for others matters just as much as personal success.

People in this episode

Host: Karlton Gray

Guest: Dr. Colin Williams

Topics covered

• resilience
• identity
• leadership
• IT channel
• technology evolution
• mentorship
• fairness

Keywords

• resilience
• leadership
• IT industry
• mentorship
• technology evolution
• cybersecurity
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Computacenter

Places: North London

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