Meet The Team
After working for over twelve years as an IT reseller, from 2013, James devoted a substantial amount of time to building Gridserve from the ground up. Working from a shed in his garden for the first three years and thriving from recommendation alone, Gridserve blossomed into a trusted and transparent business establishing the headquarters in the centre of Calne, where we are currently based.
Perm has over fifteen years experience in the IT industry including four years in leadership positions. Perm is responsible for all day-to-day customer management alongside working on the long and short term Gridserve goals.
Andy is an experienced technical support leader with over 12 years of exposure to various systems. Throughout his career, he has delivered and supported multiple technical solutions for various businesses to aid their growth and increase their efficiency. Andy prides himself on being able to provide comprehensive and reliable outcomes that fulfils the need of the task in hand.
Joining the Gridserve team in July 2019, John brings with him over 25 years of experience in IT across both support and project activities.
During a Computer Games Design course in college late 2012, Jack discovered his passion for computer hardware & learning about how the hardware works and interacts with the world around us.
Mary-Kate joined the administration and office team in September 2020 and is involved in all aspects of business support. Mary-Kate has gained diverse and extensive knowledge and experience in a variety of roles since going straight into full time employment from leaving school. She has continued to learn new skills whilst working with Gridserve. Mary-Kate also deals with company financials and is always on hand to not only deal with our clients, but also, Team Gridserve. Mary-Kate has lived in Calne all her life and enjoys being part of a team who are a big part of the community.
Having Left College with an Extended IT Diploma Joe has worked within service desks supporting Retail and Corporate organisations. As of more recently Joe has worked within the education sector honing his skills on Google Education platforms (Gsuite) and fixing hardware and software faults that arise.
After having a keen interest in IT from a young age, Paul attended college completing an IT diploma, he then went on to spend 12 years within the IT industry. In his time, he has also gone on to complete the Comptia A+ certification. Paul enjoys approaching issues logically and finds this can be applied in many areas of life.
No not the ruby player and no, not the celebrity chef, but our very own Phil Vickery (seen here below in the picture) has been within the IT industry for 25 years and has worked with a number of blue chip companies, banking institutes and households names in a variety of disciplines from Service Desk to Project Management to Consultancy. The past 10 years have been dedicated to the Education sector focussing on a wide range of technologies designed to bring ICT integration to the entire school establishment.
Millie is Gridserve's newest member of staff and very keen to get stuck in.
Focused on Social Media and marketing aspects of Gridserve, you should expect to hear from Millie is some form or another, in the coming months!
Chris moved to Calne from Surrey in 2004 and originally worked with as a self employed contractor offering sales and marketing services to specifically within the tech sector. Having worked in sales since 1989 (Yes, we know he doesn’t look old enough!), he has bags of experience having sold IT hardware, software, support and security solutions. Over the past four years, Chris has used his consultative and friendly approach to help charities and schools improve the way technology works for them. If you want straight talking advice and for someone to go out of their way to get the best possible price, Chris is your go to man.
Gridserve is always on the look-out for talented individuals to join the team. If you'd like to find out more, please conatct recruitment@gridserve.co.uk