Gavin McCollin

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Head of Corporate Infrastructure at iSAM

Southend-On-Sea, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Gavin is the Head of Corporate Infrastructure at iSAM, with over 20 years of experience in IT. He specializes in delivering scalable, automated IaaS solutions across multi-cloud environments like AWS and Azure, utilizing tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and PowerShell to improve operational efficiency.

He is passionate about mentoring the next generation of IT professionals and actively helps newcomers start their careers. He stays current with emerging technology, shown by his interest in Agentic AI and his personal projects building new infrastructure management tools.

He recently built his own self-service Azure infrastructure tool using Terraform and Streamlit to simplify cloud management.

Personality Overview

Amiable & Agreeable

Non-Confrontational

Consensus Focused

They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.  They are generally friendly, so be careful when relying on their word. Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Multi-Cloud Automation
He has extensive experience building automated IaaS pipelines across AWS and Azure using tools like Terraform and Ansible for version-controlled, scalable solutions.
DevOps Culture
He implements DevOps principles by building CI/CD platforms in Azure DevOps and using Git as the single source of truth for infrastructure code.
Agentic AI
He demonstrates a keen interest in the future of artificial intelligence by planning to attend conferences focused on the rapidly evolving world of Agentic AI.

Media Appearances

Gavin has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2024 - 3-2026
Head of Corporate Infrastructure at iSAM
10-2023 - 2-2024
Senior Manager Infrastructure at iSAM
6-2021 - 10-2023
IT infrastructure Consultant at Hamilton
11-2020 - 10-2023
Senior IT Manager at Hamilton
7-2016 - 11-2020
Production Services Engineer at Currys plc

Education

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Insights For Selling To Gavin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Give them the opportunity to lead the conversation where possible
  • Maintain high, positive energy and convey confidence

DONT's

  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time
  • Avoid overloading them with too much information
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be like a storyteller with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Gavin is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Gavin

  • They will hardly ever say a direct no.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Gavin move?

  • Even when they are constantly engaged, they do not reach decisions quickly.
  • Can Gavin take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Gavin

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