Meet The Team

Meet everyone at Circle Cloud

Andrew Ballantyne

Sales & Marketing Director

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

Writing

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

Technical Director

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

Football

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

Commercial Director

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

Guitarist & Band Member

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

Senior Infrastructure Consultant

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

Outdoors

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

Managed Service Team Leader

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

Golf

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

Second Line Support Analyst

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

Clay Pigeon Shooting

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

Apprentice First Line Support Technician

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

Combat Sports

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

Second Line Support Analyst

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

Rock Climbing

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.

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