Cloudwick has appointed AWS veteran John Newson as Vice President, Alliances and Channels, EMEA.
Newson will be tasked with leading Cloudwick’s regional partner strategy from the company’s London office, working alongside Harshdeep Singh, GM, EMEA at Cloudwick, and the UK team.
Newson joins Cloudwick after a decade at AWS UK Public Sector
The new channel leader brings more than 20 years of experience in technology roles in the UK government, including a decade at AWS building and leading the UK Public Sector partner business.
“Having collaborated closely with John over the last 10 years while he built and led the UK Public Sector partner business at AWS, I have seen firsthand his exceptional ability to cultivate thriving partner ecosystems,” said Harshdeep. “His deep understanding of public sector technology and his proven track record make him the perfect addition to our leadership team.”
Prior to AWS, Newson held roles at Symantec, Veritas, and Dell, selling IT infrastructure, information security, and data management solutions to UK central and regional government and healthcare entities.
Most recently, he served as Head of Public Sector Partners, UK&I, by designing a partner strategy that built a community of software and consulting partners delivering outcomes for UK government agencies.
“Having worked with Cloudwick for the past 10 years as an AWS partner, I’ve always been impressed by the team’s expertise and the impact they’ve delivered for public sector organizations,” said Newson. “I’m excited to join Cloudwick to expand our alliances and channel partners across EMEA, helping customers transform data into business value by innovating faster, operating smarter, and achieving lasting impact.”
Cloudwick Data Management Maturity Assessment
Newson’s appointment comes shortly after the organization introduced the Data Management Maturity Assessment, designed to address the gap between the data an agency has and the data it can actually use.
The assessment evaluates six dimensions of data management maturity, produces a score for each, and provides a plain-language summary of what the profile means in practice.
It takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and provides three things:
- A dimension-by-dimension maturity profile that shows where the agency stands, not where it aspires to be.
- Practical, specific guidance on where to focus next, based on the profile rather than a generic best-practice checklist.
- A concrete product that a leadership team can look at together, debate, and use as the basis for a real conversation about priorities.
The assessment was designed for senior leaders in state and local government: CIOs, CDOs, heads of data, program directors, and others who make or influence decisions about data and technology.