Episode 80: Mike Mills, Managing Director (Service Providers) at Gamma

"I would tell my younger self – stop playing it safe. Be braver. Be bolder. And believe, really believe, that you are capable of more than you think!" – Mike Mills, Managing Director (Service Providers) at Gamma, in conversation with Anurag Aggarwal

From handing out free internet CDs at a PC World store in the north of England…

to discovering the company that built all the infrastructure behind those very CDs…

to joining them and building a career that has spanned 25 extraordinary years –

Mike's journey into telecom is fascinatingly brilliant!

In this episode of Humans of Telecom, Mike opens up about:

💻 How a single day spent at an internet company during university changed the entire direction of his life

📈 Inheriting a declining, unloved division at Gamma – and growing it from £12M to £96M almost entirely through organic growth

🏆 Three consecutive wins at the Global Comms Awards for Best Sales Team – a feat that very few teams anywhere in the world can claim!

👯 The world of 'twincidents' – life with an identical twin brother Steve, who also works at Gamma, and the endless cases of mistaken identity that keep the industry on its toes!

🐕 Three Hungarian Vizslas who have made countryside walks a non-negotiable part of his daily life – and he wouldn't have it any other way

🏃 The 13-year-old who cleared over five metres in long jump and represented his county – until fate had other plans at 14

💪 Six Tough Mudders completed, electrocution and all – before finally drawing a very firm line in the mud

⚽ A lifelong Newcastle United fan – more heartbreak than glory, but last season gave him just enough reason to keep believing

❤️ And his quiet but powerful north star – be a good person, treat people with kindness, and invest genuinely in the success of others!

From Newcastle to Surrey, from dial-up internet to UCaaS and beyond –

Mike is living proof that staying curious, staying loyal, and daring to be bold can take you further than any shortcut ever will!

🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform, and follow Humans of Telecom for more extraordinary voices shaping the industry and inspiring the human spirit!

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