One on One with ARN: Veeam's Janet Docherty Docherty discusses Veeam's plans to continue evolving its ProPartner program Janet Docherty (Veeam) Credit: Veeam Developing her communication skills in her mother’s hair salon has paid dividends for Veeam AN/Z's channel sales leader Janet Docherty during her career in the IT industry. Emigrating from Scotland to Australia to help her husband pursue his football career, Docherty originally started as an administrator at Tech Pacific before building herself up to become a regional channel lead. What was your first job? When I was 13, my mum ran a salon from our house in Scotland and I was her hairdressing assistant. I would come home from school, help shampoo or prepare the rollers and book clients in for their next appointments. Having the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life from an early age gave me the soft skills I needed to communicate effectively in the channel environment many years later.