We moved to Circle Cloud just over a year ago because our IT was costing us productivity. There was a lot of downtime and unpredictability, which made running our business harder than it needed to be. Circle Cloud have made things so much more straightforward. Their IT Management Plans are perfect for our needs as a small business. The service is so clear and well designed, we have regular reviews and now have a more proactive and professional provider
Andrew Ballantyne
Andrew's background is in key account management. He has been with Circle Cloud since 2015 and is responsible for the continual development and communication of our brand proposition.
Andrew Ballantyne
Andrew is a lover of both reading and writing fiction. He's had a short story published and has written 3 novel manuscripts. In 2022, he won a Northern Writers Award for working class fiction.
Tomas Roberton
Tom co-founded the business in 2013. His background is in the technical architecture of Office 365 and Azure. Tom's focus is ensuring our product and service offerings are always centred around customers needs.
Tomas Roberton
Tom spends most of his free time playing and watching football. He plays centre back for a local team that Circle Cloud sponsor and is considering going into coaching.
Michael Povey
Michael comes from a technical background in a large PLC. Michael co-founded Circle Cloud in 2013, and is currently responsible for the Finance and Purchasing functions in the business.
Michael Povey
Most of Michael's spare time is taken up by music. He plays in a few live bands and during lockdown he managed to record and produce some music remotely.
Mark Duffy
Mark joined Circle Cloud in 2021. He has vast public sector experience and has been brought in to design and implement Microsoft Cloud solutions for our growing customer base.
Mark Duffy
After spending the day at work on a computer, Mark enjoys nothing more than getting outside on an evening or weekend to unwind. He can usually be found out on his mountain bike, walking the local area or down the allotment.
Chris McArdle
Chris joined Circle Cloud in December 2019. He started as a Second Line Support Analyst but in 2021 was tasked with managing our Managed Service operation, ensuring all our customers are receiving the best support possible.
Chris McArdle
Chris enjoys playing golf in his spare time, however he's a self confessed fair weather golfer. He’s hoping that 2022 will be the year he goes on to join a club and get a handicap having played for over 15 years without one.
Aidan Bennison
Aidan joined Circle Cloud in 2021. He loves IT and is the first point of call for our support customers, ensuring they're getting the best experience when engaging with Circle Cloud.
Aidan Bennison
When Aidan isn't playing games on his computer, he likes to spend most weekends clay pigeon shooting at his local gun club where he is hoping to soon join the rest of the club in scoring a 25 straight.
David Abrantes
David joined Circle Cloud in 2023. He has great communication skills and enjoys helping customers. David is keen to progress his career in IT and is looking forward to being part of Circle Cloud's development program.
David Abrantes
Outside of work, David enjoys his combat sports. He has tried his hand at boxing, kickboxing, MMA, and came second in the ITF tae kwon do world championships.
Connor Nicholson
Connor joined Circle Cloud in 2021. He is an experienced IT professional who has been brought in to deal with technical challeneges that our support team deal with on behalf of our customers.
Connor Nicholson
Connor likes to go bouldering, a type of free climbing. He got into it for fitness and enjoys the challenge. He says it's great fun and he's hoping to one day take his skills to an actual outdoor ascent.