
Torsten Poels
CEO & Chairman of the Board
Torsten has been working in the IT industry in Europe since 1985. He started with technical training and consulting projects and founded his first company in 1990, specializing in high-end networking services. Since then, he has gained comprehensive executive board and sales experience leading several Cisco Learning Partners and IT training companies. He has a proven track record of growing businesses quickly and profitably and building successful strategic partnerships.

Moritz Wilhelm
VP, Global Business Development & Digital
Moritz turns strategic intent into scalable operating models — designing platforms, managed services, and global delivery engines that support mission-critical initiatives for enterprise customers and technology partners across markets. Over the better part of two decades in the technology ecosystem, he has moved from hands-on delivery into global leadership, founding Fast Lane Digital as a centralized global taskforce that complements regional structures with depth, speed, and execution power.

Jonas Westphalen
CFO
Jonas joined Fast Lane in July 2021 as the Global CFO to manage the global financial activities supporting the accelerated growth plans at the Fast Lane Group. Jonas has extensive experience in the financial sector in different roles and positions. For about seven years, Jonas worked at DMB, a private equity company in Germany where he represented investors and worked closely with management teams to drive profitable growth along a wide range of industries.

Michel Sabry
General Manager ITLS/Fast Lane Dubai UAE
Michel has worked in the IT industry for more than 10 years. He started his career in the financial services sector in Egypt in 1998. He held different sales, business development and management positions at international IT training companies like Arrow ECS and Global Knowledge. In between he was Channel Manager and Business Development Manager at Cisco. Michel has a B.Sc. of Accounting degree from Alexandria University in Egypt.

Luis Campbell
VP Latin America
Luis has worked for Unisys Corporation most of his career in Executive Management positions, leading technical and consultant business groups and providing value add in complex technical Integration Projects in several Latin America countries. Also, he is an expert in business planning and organization, and a consultant expert in business process transformation in banks and business alignment.

James Furneaux
VP APAC
James has been working in IT for 25+ years. He began running sales in 1998 for a high tech start up in APJC that was purchased by a large Networking vendor in 2000. At that company over his 7 years he served as Product Manager, Sales and Business Development in various technologies for the whole of APJC with particular geographic focus on China, Japan, India and Australia.

Andy Turner
Managing Director, UK
Andy has worked in the Telecommunications and IT industry for over 20 years. Initially with the Philips Electronics Group responsible for the Commercial & Business Development of mobile and data products in Western Europe, Middle East and the emerging markets of Eastern Europe and India.

Jane Simons
EMEA Vendor Alliances Director
Jane is the Vendor Alliances Director for Fast Lane EMEA and is responsible for the day-to-day engagement with our key Vendor Lines of Business. Jane has been with the company for 11 years. Three years ago, Microsoft partnered with Fast Lane UK to deliver OpenHack events globally. Since then Fast Lane has delivered over 100 OpenHacks across eight different tracks. Jane landed the hack idea with numerous vendors.

Diana Wind
BDM Microsoft LoB
Diana has been working in the IT Industry since 1997. She has worked as Sales and Project Manager for different System Integrators and with many of the leading IT vendors. She brings a wealth of skills and knowledge of sales. program and project management to Fast Lane. In her role as Senior Business Development Manager she managed several vendor programs for Fast Lane globally.

Herman Goedman
Managing Director Benelux
Herman has worked in the IT Industry in The Benelux since 1983. He worked as software developer, project manager and business manager at different System Integrators.
As of 1998 Herman has been involved in Networking training as General Manager of a Cisco Learning Partner and UNIX Consulting Company.

Francesco Dell’Apa
Managing Director Italy
Francesco has worked in the IT Industry in Europe for 15 years. He started his professional career in Italy as Project Manager and then spent 10 years at a large international training company where he held different positions, he started as Sales Support Manager of Italy and then became Operations Manager of Italy & Spain. Francesco joined Fast Lane in 2009 through the acquisition of GKI, where he was Director of Operations.

Denis Bonnamour
Managing Director Fast Lane France
With more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry, Denis has participated in the expansion of Fast Lane France and occupied all strategic positions in the company, from operations to sales and Partner Management, before becoming Managing Director in 2018. He has extensive experience in developing relationships with IT vendors, building strong channel connections and execute complex IT training projects on a global level.

Gregor Röhrich
Managing Director Austria
Gregor looks retrospectively at 20 years of experience as an Enterprise Account Manager, Sales Manager, Alliance Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, and now as Managing Director of ITLS Training and Consulting GmbH Austria. He started his IT career as an instructor and achieved various technical certifications. Gregor has a wealth of experience in building strong relationships with large corporate and IT Partners. His intention is to design and execute high end training programs in ultimate perfection with his team members.

Joanna Łuksza
Chairman of the Board Poland/CEE
Joanna Skrycka-Łuksza has in-depth experience in the IT industry that spans over 35 years. She started her professional career at the IMM Research Institute in Warsaw, focusing mainly on the development of early PC operating systems. Joanna holds a MSc degree obtained at the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science of the Warsaw University of Technology. She co-founded Hector SA, one of the first private IT companies in Poland, that introduced the first generation of PC computers to the Polish market, working closely with Digital Equipment, HP, and IBM.

Mariola Gotfryd
CEO Poland/CEE
Mariola has been involved in sales and IT industry for her entire career. She entered the IT industry in 1997. She has over 15 years of experience in the IT training business, working in sales and business development for Hector Training Centre Centrum Szkoleniowe Hector(CSH), which was the largest Cisco Learning Partner in Poland. In 2017 she joined Fast Lane group, as a Sales Director for Fast Lane Poland. On February 1st, 2021 CSH and Fast Lane Poland has been merged and the new company name is Hector Fast Lane Poland.

Michel Sabry
General Manager ITLS/Fast Lane Dubai UAE
Michel has worked in the IT industry for more than 10 years. He started his career in the financial services sector in Egypt in 1998. He held different sales, business development and management positions at international IT training companies like Arrow ECS and Global Knowledge. In between he was Channel Manager and Business Development Manager at Cisco. Michel has a B.Sc. of Accounting degree from Alexandria University in Egypt.

Adel Albert
Managing Director Fast Lane Egypt
Adel has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years. He was working in both private and public sectors, in many specializations, holding different positions in the IT field. He was also a Technical Services Director at Global Knowledge for more than 5 years, a Senior Consultant in Software Engineering Competence Center (SECC), and a Regional IT Manager in ARCHIRODON Construction Overseas. Adel is a certified ITIL Expert and has a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ain Shams University.