Derek Wallsh

Recruitment Manager (Oracle)

I joined Sevamor in March 2020 to head up their recruitment team. I started my career as a COBOL programmer at Natwest corporate banking. Since those early days I have built up over 20 years of Oracle recruitment experience, working for both large corporate recruitment companies and small boutique businesses.

I bring good sales experience as well as personal soft skills and candidate management. I believe in treating people the way I would wish to be treated myself, with courtesy, respect and a sense of humour and a common eye on the right result for all. I like to think I can spot a good cv from a bad one!

I am a keen West Ham supporter, love all sports, and my hobbies are keeping fit, cooking, and collecting antiques, plus good wine and good company. I am married and have 2 daughters, born and bred in East London, I now live in Kent.

Other Team Members

Lee Rippon

Co-Founder and Operations Director

My name is Lee and alongside Sandeep am one of the founders of SEVAmor Associates from back in 2010. Prior to this, after graduating from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Commerce I joined Unisys Corp as a graduate trainee IT Consultant. Since then, I have approximately 25 years experience in the ERP industry with roles ranging from Developer, Functional Consultant, Business Analyst, Trainer and more recently Project and Programme Management. For this reason, I pride myself on being able to understand a clients requirements because I have been in their shoes during my consulting career.

Outside of IT, apart from family time with my wife and two children I enjoy property developing, running and playing golf very badly.
Sandeep Sirah

Co-Founder and Business Development Director

Hello! I’m Sandeep – I met Lee (co founder/director) whilst at Unisys Corp where we both worked as management consultants focused on IT. I hold a degree in Geology from UCL and an MBA from Cardiff Business School. Over the past 25 years my career has allowed me to work with a range of organisations from small software houses to large multinationals. SEVAmor has allowed me to cover both sides of the coin – in that I cover both systems integration and resourcing. My roles up to now have included ERP developer, business analyst, functional consultant, cutover manager, project manager and data migration manager.

I enjoy complex ERP projects and the challenges provided not just on delivery but post delivery scenarios. Today the pace of change is mindboggling and creating solutions to dynamic projects is still of interest to me as it was when I was a graduate. This background allows me to add value during resoucring for clients. Knowing what to ask and what to look for in key associates and staff.

When not working I like spending time with my family and discussing major teenage topics with my children! I enjoy travelling and meeting new people from all walks of life. My interests include politics, racket sports and origami.
Julia Ruszczyk

Client Engagement & Social Media Manager

I am Julia the newest addition to the SEVAmor recruitment team!

I became an IT Recruiter after years of working in the hospitality industry across the globe and fell in love with it.

Knowing how important it is to have the right people on your team I strive to match the top candidates with roles within ERP transformation projects and bring the best results for our clients.

In my free time I enjoy watching American football, reading and plane spotting.