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About Us

Freestyle IT was formed in late 2002 by the co owners Warwick Everett and Guy Wright who have a wealth of experience in IT and in highly demanding customer service roles.

From humble beginnings in a small industrial unit in Basingstoke we have made significant progress. The business now has an annual turnover in excess of £5m. We own our own offices in Murrell Green, Hook with excellent road and rail access to London and the South coast.

We have a superb range of facilities that include a fully equipped demo room where we have successfully delivered demonstrations on Blade Solutions and Server/Desktop and Storage Virtualisation Solutions. We have secure warehouse facilities where we hold stock of commonly required products for our customers and compile large, complex orders prior to installation/delivery.

To enable us to deliver the full range of technical services that we offer we also have a “Build Room” which we use for building and configuring hardware prior to delivery to site.

Ultimately Freestyle IT is all about the people who look after our customers. To that end we have a “Rogue’s Gallery” so that you know who you are dealing with:

Warwick Everett
Guy Wright
Amir Dean
Mike Roberts
Peter Von Oven
Dan Gunn
Carl Hayhoe
Mark Cooper
Glyn Fennelly
Anya Lamb
Debbie Reid
Michelle Hikcs
Jacquie Woodhouse

Warwick Everett

Warwick Everett

Director

Warwick Everett is one of the co-owners of Freestyle IT. Prior to starting up Freestyle IT he worked for a larger corporate Reseller where he gained an invaluable insight into the industry and built up a wealth of experience and contacts.

Having served his apprenticeship he felt that the time was right to form Freestyle IT. To this day he still manages a number of the company's larger accounts.

He now spends much of his time managing the commercial side of the business and planning the next phase of Freestyle's growth.

Guy Wright

Guy Wright

Director

Guy Wright is one of the co-owners of Freestyle IT. Having spent his formative years working in highly demanding roles in the Property industry he was presented with an opportunity to move into IT and took it. He hasn’t looked back! After carving out a successful career with a mid sized Enterprise Reseller he decided that the time was right to set up his own company and put in to practice all of the valuable lessons that he had learnt over the years.

He formed Freestyle IT in 2002 with co-owner, Warwick Everett. He is in charge of the Financial side of the business but continues to maintain a relationship with all of our customers.

Amir Dean

Amir Dean

Sales Director

Amir joined Freestyle IT in June 2007 after a chance meeting with Guy and Warwick at the HP Preferred Partner Conference in Barcelona, he is still convinced we spiked his drinks, but has been a great asset to Freestyle IT. Amir runs a tight ship and is very target focused, with over 20 years experience in the IT industry he has been able to pass on his knowledge through dedicated training programmes. A professional list of accreditations as long as your arm empowers Amir to achieve consistent high levels of business, but his attention to detail and his longstanding relationships with his key customers, sets him apart.

Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts

Sales Manager

Mike Roberts was our first ever recruit with a back ground in Web design and Hosting. Mike's natural transition to account management enabled him to service Freestyle IT's key customers to a very high standard. Mike has worked very hard to secure a number of key accreditations including IBM P Series, HP Sales Professional, Citrix Certified Sales Professional CCSP and Microsoft MLSS.

Mike is, curiously, well liked by all of his customers because he does offer a first class service and always goes that extra mile to ensure customer satisfaction. He has been in the IT industry for over 10 years and passes that knowledge and experience onto his sales team, he sets himself and his team extremely high standards.

Peter Von Oven

Peter Von Oven

Technical Services Manager

Peter joined Freestyle IT in October 2008 to take on the responsibility of managing the Technical Services team. Prior to joining he worked for Citrix Systems as the technical lead across EMEA responsible for driving the technical awareness and capabilities of the range of Citrix virtualization products - XenServer and XenDesktop within the key OEM vendor partners (HP and Dell).

Virtualization is nothing new to Peter and before joining Citrix he worked for Hewlett Packard as a Technical Consultant, focusing on delivering solutions based around Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, remote computing solutions and other “green” initiatives to help drive down the cost of IT to businesses. He is both VMware VCP accredited and MCSE 2003.

Dan Gunn

Dan Gunn

Senior Pre Sales Technical Consultant

Dan joined the Technical Services team in August 2008 after spending 9 years working at AOL UK, working his way up to Infrastructure Manager. He has a strong technical proficiency with an extensive background in upgrade, migration and consolidation IT projects and is fully accredited in both MCSE 2003 and VMware VCP 3.

Carl Hayhoe

Carl Hayhoe

Technical Specialist

Carl Joined Freestyle IT in June 2007 as a systems administrator, but since then has begun working his way up the ladder taking on a more technical role within the company. Carl recently received his MCP "Microsoft Certified Professional" accreditation, and is now working towards his full MCSE/MCSA qualifications.

Ian Harbar

Mark Cooper

Senior Pre-Sales Consultant

Mark joined the Freestyle IT Technical Services team in August 2009 after spending 5 years at a consultancy specialising in optimisation of Microsoft infrastructure solutions. His specialist chosen area primarily is in System Management and Operating System deployment. A broad and in-depth Microsoft background and is fully accredited MCSE 2003 and MCITP 2008: Enterprise Administrator.

Glynn Fennelly

Glyn Fennelly

Account Manager

Glyn joined Freestyle IT in December 2004 as a trainee account manager, he has worked his way through the ranks and has been very successful in opening up new customers and maintaining those relationship by providing high quality customer service. Glyn also successfully completed a two year Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Computer Systems Management with HP accreditations at Slough University.

Anya Lamb

Anya Lamb

Account Manager

Anya joined Freestyle IT in September 2007 from Loughborough University where she achieved a 2.1 in BSc Ergonomics, but she really wanted a career in Sales. Anya started as a Sales Support and quickly progressed to a role in Telemarketing and Account Management. Anya has worked extremely hard to open up new customers and her diligent and professional attitude has been a tribute to her determined approach.

Debbie Reid

Debbie Reid

Senior Sales Support

Debbie joined Freestyle IT in April 2008 after spending many years working for a local IT distribution company. She works very closely with Amir and Mike in servicing and developing relationships with some of Freestyle IT's key accounts. Her strengths are communication, attention to detail and customer service.

Michelle Hicks

Michelle Hicks

Sales Support

Michelle has been working with Freestyle IT for a year as a sales support, she has the difficult task of working with the sales department which is a fast moving and challenging environment. Michelle is the model of coolness under pressure, very methodical and is an excellent communicator.

Jacqui Woodhouse

Jacquie Woodhouse

Accounts Assistant

Jacquie is our newest member of the team joining Freestyle IT in December 2008 and in that time has worked closely with all of our key customer accounts teams. Working closely with Guy she has shown extreme levels of patience and has delivered fantastic results.

Maxine Stevens

Maxine Stevens

Account Manager

Maxine recently joined Freestyle IT in October 2009, she has 20 years experience in the IT Industry extending from Distribution and other Corporate Resellers. Her Account Management skills and her ability to get the job done are second to none. She works hard to build solid long standing relationships with her customers and to fully understand their needs.