Where we came from
Versado I.T. Services was founded in 1997 and was operated as a training company by Jamie Neil. He provided tailored courses on a variety of technical subjects, from datacommunications and networking foundation courses to Cisco router
configuration and IPv6. During this time, runPCrun was envisaged by Chris Wolfe
in 1999 as a high-value outsourced IT support department for SME's, as
well as what was seen as the coming of the "information worker". Dan White joined runPCrun as a director in early 2003.
In late 2003, Chris, Dan and Jamie joined forces trading was commenced under the runPCrun brand name for all support work, while hosting and training was continued under the Versado name. Jamie Neil then left in 2007 to join GPMD as a developer and technology director. In this move the hosting operations were passed over to GPMD in-line with Jamies expertise and experience as well as the web development services they provide.
The runPCrun Team
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Chris Wolfe - Bsc Computer Science at Manchester Victoria University in 1992 where he met co-founder Jamie Neil. Since then Chris worked in a variety of high-profile companies including Solidisk & Penhaligons in varying IT roles, then started development of runPCrun in '99. Chris keeps up with all the latest hardware and is our hardware procurement expert.
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Dan White - Dan worked in the IT contracting sector in the 90's working within companies such as the BBC, Thames Water, Orange and IBM then worked in the NGO sector with IPPF, before joining runPCrun full-time in 2003. Dan's love of software systems and ability to explain IT requirements and issues in plain English has been made part of the core philosophy of our company.
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Sarah Bird - After studying Computing, Engineering & IT Infomatics at Portsmouth University, Sarah worked for the game development company Climax. After this Sarah joined runPCrun in 2005 after passing her A+ exams. Sarah's happy demeanor and reserves of patience make Sarah our 'go-to-girl' for first line customer queries.
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Robin Kemp - Computing Science at University of Greenwich, worked for Hewlett Packard APS while completing his CompTIA A+ in Canada and then returned to the UK in 2008. With his experience in PC and Macintosh computers and his gentle manner has made Robin a firm favourite with customers.
Additional Guest Bloggers
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Jamie Neil - Bsc Computer Science in 1992 from Manchester Victoria University. Since then Jamie has worked in a broad range of IT fields, including Unix systems administration, data network consultancy, telecommunications training and web design. Jamie worked for runPCrun 2003-2006 as a Director and now is part of GPMD, a company we have worked closely with since 2002.
