Heleen Herselman joins Skaylink as Practice Lead AWS

Munich, 02 May 2024 – Skaylink, a leading cloud technology service provider, is pleased to announce that the South African born Heleen Herselman has joined the team as Practice Lead AWS and member of the Management Board as of the First of May 2024.

As Practice Lead AWS, Heleen will play a critical role in taking customers to the next level in the areas of cloud migration, data sovereignty and data analytics. Her goal is to strengthen customers in the competitive environment and make them fit for the future.

Prior to her new role, Heleen worked at T-Systems for 20 years, both in South Africa and Germany and has extensive experience in building strategic partnerships as well as consulting and managed services in cloud computing. During this time Heleen has established AWS as a strategic partner for the Deutsche Telekom group globally and has established T-Systems as a Premier MSP partner of AWS.

Heleen has a passion for people and has a demonstrable track record to implement diverse, empowered and innovative teams. She brings strong leadership skills, team spirit and in-depth market knowledge to Skaylink.

“It is an honour to be part of the team at Skaylink and to take on the role of Practice Lead AWS,” says Heleen. “I am looking forward to supporting our customers in bringing their critical workloads to the cloud as well as to deepen our relationship with AWS which will in turn enable us to reach our growth ambitions.”

Frank Strecker, CEO of Skaylink, is delighted with the new addition and emphasises the importance of Heleen’s role in the company: “With Heleen Herselman, we have not only gained an experienced manager, but also someone who will be able to gain the trust of our customers to help them with their business-critical transformation projects. We are confident that Heleen, with her many years of experience, will play a key role in Skaylink’s international expansion.”