Simon Hall, based in Ascot, UK, is a marketing innovator with around 30 years' experience in technology and services marketing. He served as UK Chief Marketing Officer for Dell and held senior roles at Acer, Microsoft and Toshiba. He founded NextGen Marketing Solutions, is a Course Director and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and lectures at the University of Kent .. He is also the author of Innovative B2B Marketing Strategy, published by Kogan Page.